Dell Precision WorkStation 490

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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 37.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation 490 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0GU083
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 15:06
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	76%

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 5150 98 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Microprocessor, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Memory 61.4 1-Core 29.9 2-Core 56.3 34% 49.2 Pts	4-Core 78.3 8-Core 104 12% 90.9 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 315 482 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 102F) 1GB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.31% Terrible	Lighting 1.43 Reflection 2 Parallax 0.62 1% 1.35 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 1.67 Splatting 1.83 2% 1.96 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.31% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7268 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 95 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1572911 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4839	34.1% Below average	Read 262 Write 62.4 Mixed 87.2 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 11.8 54% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 56.8 DQ Mixed 25.2 34% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 94%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 107GB free Firmware: 3.BAJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 91 153531990 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 738752148 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 68546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 622329893 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 51 204809052 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.1% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 63.2 Mixed 42.5 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.35 77% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 42%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 79GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 10 10 572885 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 27 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.9% Average	Read 77.9 Write 81.7 Mixed 75.2 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 84%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 395GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 28.6 Mixed 7.05 27% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 19%

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 way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 6.7 16% 5.53 GB/s	SC Read 2.9 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 3.8 11% 3.83 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 148%

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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 $90Bench 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: 44% - Average

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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