Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.72% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201222
Uptime	18 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '22 at 15:05
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 162 73% 120 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 600 55% 459 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06C7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.72% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 7.6 5% 7.07 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.5 7% 8.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.72% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Suneast SE800 512GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1115A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 16 62 57 11 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 431 Write 339 Mixed 348 SusWrite 87.4 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 1.4 50% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 32.2 DQ Mixed 8.2 23% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FE 2x16GB 1,635 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	224x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	152x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	114x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	113x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	82x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	13x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	45x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	36x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 853 samples	22x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16