Dell Precision WorkStation 490

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation 490 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0GU083
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20071213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 16:03
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5355 426 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Microprocessor, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	41.2% Average	Memory 60.2 1-Core 30.3 2-Core 59.5 34% 50 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 190 19% 156 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 45%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 39223344 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 641867 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 71 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -112704236814332 (F1) Unknown 100 253 162397111 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67740529	82.9% Excellent	Read 103 Write 185 Mixed 92.9 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 4.83 4K Mixed 0.61 187% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 110%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 930GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 75 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 18 18 60588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 75 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 95.5 Mixed 62.1 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.36 95% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x4GB 5,222 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.6 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 8.2 18% 6.43 GB/s	SC Read 2.1 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 3.7 10% 3.6 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 148%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation 490

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X53651stBench 44%, 504 samples	9x
CPU: Intel Xeon E53451stBench 41%, 462 samples	8x
CPU: Intel Xeon 51301stBench 37%, 237 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	6x
Quadro FX 3500NvidiaBench 1%, 426 samples	5x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	5x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	4x
ssd120 240GBBench 46%, 6 samples	4x
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 360GBOWCBench 50%, 17 samples	4x

RAM
8x4GBUnknownBench 90%, 5,222 samples	24x
8x2GBUnknownBench 114%, 8,850 samples	10x
8x1GBUnknownBench 98%, 1,329 samples	8x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $89

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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