Dell Precision M4500

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Dell Precision M4500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RRH3K
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '16 at 11:21
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 560-$65 10,722 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 66.6 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 129 54% 90 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 168 23% 169 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 880M 4,542 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 040C) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.2702 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	2.72% Terrible	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 4.77 Parallax 1.28 2% 3.05 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 3.52 3% 3.87 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.72% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4307571753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -23227183136768 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 5 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 39 94491836455 (C2) HDA temperature 39 39 94491836455 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 106 106 4307571753 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 106 106 4307571753 (CC) Soft ECC correction 106 106 4307571753 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 60129542144 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	45.7% Average	Read 249 Write 155 Mixed 192 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 11.2 72% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 42.4 54% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 73%
Generic External 1TB 2,077 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 608GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 20.9 Write 19.2 Mixed 20.5 26% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 4.49 4K Mixed 0.41 168% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 15,815 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.6% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 10.9 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 51%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M4500

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	55x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples	36x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	35x

GPU
Quadro FX 880MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,542 samples	167x
Quadro FX 1800MNvidiaBench 3%, 1,209 samples	107x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	6x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	28x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	24x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	16x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $299

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