Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.8% 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	87.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 14:20
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 223 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 424 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3746) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 36.8 31% 35.2 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 35.4 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW128G8 128GB 670 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 129 131 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 445 Write 182 Mixed 188 SusWrite 130 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 51.2 167% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 148 124% 184 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 125 133 132 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 82.7 Write 117 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 128 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04EF000080CE TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 80AD000080AD HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 80CE000080CE M378A5244BB0-CRC 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 75%

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

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Gaming 11%

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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	114x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
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	45x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $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