Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	56.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '23 at 04:51
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 593 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 589 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P1000 8,041 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Dell(1028 11BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 29.6 Reflection 28.1 Parallax 26.4 24% 28 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 24.3 21% 26 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+894G 960GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 810GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 315 306 316 418 415 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 85%
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 107GB free Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1218 422 401 404 389 393 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1862 Write 486 Mixed 1,186 SusWrite 538 225% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 56.7 184% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 664 485% 639 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 242%
Timetec 35TTM8SSATA-256GB 256GB 238GB free Firmware: W0201A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 419 422 429 434 433 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 18ASF2G72AZ-2G3B1 4x16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	18.9"	1280 720	LEN0990 LT1952p Wide

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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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	112x
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	35x
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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16