Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26% 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)
Boot Drive	292% 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	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.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 22:02
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 518 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%

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: 385.8 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 27.1 27% 27.6 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 33 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,656 Write 1,831 Mixed 2,131 490% 2,206 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 41.3 209% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 142 139% 221 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 296%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 240 214 2958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 111 (C2) HDA temperature 115 112 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 3 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3580438 (F2) Unknown 200 200 9285622	97.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 177 Mixed 155 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43BB2-CRC 4x8GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 103%

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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	112x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	179x
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	42x
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 $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 $40	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