Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '22 at 15:45
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 Q 840-$85 1,339 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 60.8 2-Core 108 53% 83 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 216 23% 184 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M 388 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 02EF) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.31% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 4 Parallax 1.1 3% 2.8 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 1.6 2% 2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 2.31% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$35 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: P052 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 131 47 47 46 45 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.6% Below average	Read 214 Write 196 Mixed 190 SusWrite 76.9 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 20.2 62% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 150 114% 154 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 93%
Toshiba MK3256GSYF 320GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 99GB free Firmware: LJ01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 51 50 51 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 47.7 Write 36.7 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 50.3 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL SODIMM DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 49%

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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 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	39x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	31x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	28x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	28x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples	7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	5x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples	6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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