Dell Precision Tower 3430

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	206% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3430
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3430 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '22 at 00:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 755 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX A2000 1,586 User benchmarks, average bench 70% Nvidia(10DE 151D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.8% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 84.4 67% 86.9 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 72.9 69% 86.8 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 952 User benchmarks, average bench 303% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1588 1334 330 289 277 271 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,800 Write 1,775 Mixed 1,417 SusWrite 681 318% 1,418 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 56.9 194% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 808 DQ Write 660 DQ Mixed 765 564% 744 MB/s
Poor: 190% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 385%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 735GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 176 176 175 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 110 Write 181 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 172 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AO2P26KC8T1-BXGSHC 802C0000802C 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.9% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

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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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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3430

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	160x
Core i5-8500Intel $174Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	54x
Core i5-8600Intel $165Bench 88%, 18,241 samples	16x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	125x
Quadro P1000NvidiaBench 24%, 8,041 samples	36x
Radeon Pro WX 4100AMDBench 16%, 929 samples	28x

SSD
NVMe TOSHIBA 512GBKxg60znv512gBench 196%, 7,642 samples	20x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	14x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	9x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	24x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	19x
KY7N41-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 1,784 samples	14x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $200

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16