Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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System	Dell Precision WorkStation T3500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XPDFK
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 15:29
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon W3503-$32 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 89.3 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 66.4 46% 65.3 Pts	4-Core 80.4 8-Core 76.6 11% 78.5 Pts	64-Core 98.8 6% 98.8 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 580 5,936 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 063A) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.9038 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 4.04 Parallax 0.72 2% 2.29 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 1.43 Splatting 3 3% 3.21 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 80GB-$33 1,073 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 22GB free Firmware: PF2OA63A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 157 157 218 (03) Spinup time 98 98 17193238729 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 28 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 78517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15076 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15076 (C2) HDA temperature 110 110 240519479346 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	17.1% Very poor	Read 25.8 Write 33.3 Mixed 18.2 19% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 32%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172529699 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 404716838 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 55 740753452 (C2) HDA temperature 44 45 85899345964 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 45 172529699 (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 116698556457242 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3369320866 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2984936024	40% Average	Read 72.8 Write 67 Mixed 21.4 39% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.11 21% 0.18 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 58%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,597 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 656GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 32 Write 28.8 Mixed 12.3 29% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.22 52% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 6 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	35.2% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 11.5 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7.8 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 44%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

CPU
Xeon W3530Intel $290Bench 65%, 5,773 samples	477x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples	330x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	172x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	156x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	145x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	75x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	648x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	576x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	324x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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