Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 43.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation T7400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RW199
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 17:42
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5430 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Memory 62.8 1-Core 38.1 2-Core 73.6 38% 58.2 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 148 20% 146 Pts	64-Core 137 8% 137 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS-512 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 C842) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.59% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 3.62 8% 7.83 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 6.04 6% 7.25 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST310003 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 638GB free Firmware: NA01 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 50.9 Mixed 63.6 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 382GB free Firmware: CC46 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 121 Write 107 Mixed 102 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.61 127% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 70%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 233GB free Firmware: 3E02 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 83.9 Write 88.5 Mixed 74.6 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 55%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1D05 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 91.7 Write 81.3 Mixed 82.8 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x2GB 8,850 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.3% Very poor	MC Read 3.4 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 4.3 14% 4.77 GB/s	SC Read 3.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 4.3 12% 4.23 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 142%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 27%

Raft

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X54721stBench 48%, 256 samples	20x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54401stBench 46%, 452 samples	13x
CPU: Intel Xeon X54821stBench 49%, 298 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
Quadro FX 4800NvidiaBench 6%, 2,114 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $238

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16