Dell PowerEdge 2950

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemDell PowerEdge 2950
MotherboardDell PowerEdge 2950  (all builds)
Memory3.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.5 GHz
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20061018
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 15 '22 at 21:03
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing below expectations (40th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon 5130
CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2 GHz
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
35.4% Below average
Memory 62.3
1-Core 26.1
2-Core 52
33% 46.8 Pts
4-Core 52.1
8-Core 52.1
7% 52.1 Pts
64-Core 52.6
3% 52.6 Pts
Poor: 21%
This bench: 35.4%
Great: 38%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Dell PERC 5/i 292GB
260GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 27 28 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
54.7% Above average
Read 163
Write 27.2
Mixed 39.9
SusWrite 27.4
47% 64.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 54.7%
Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 72T128020HFN3.7A 4x1GB
4 of 8 slots used
4GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM 533 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
15.1% Very poor
MC Read 4.3
MC Write 5
MC Mixed 4.5
13% 4.6 GB/s
SC Read 4.1
SC Write 5.2
SC Mixed 4.9
14% 4.73 GB/s
Latency 121
33% 121 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 15.1%
Great: 15%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PowerEdge 2950 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 2950

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 10% - Very poor Total price: $500
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