Dell Precision M6600

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 22.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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. CPU throttled at 36% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell Precision M6600 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04YY4M
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130927
Uptime	16.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 19:40
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%
CPU Throttled	36%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2720QM-$85 7,798 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 0.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	22.8% Poor	Memory 38.3 1-Core 14.2 2-Core 28.1 19% 26.9 Pts	4-Core 40.7 8-Core 75 7% 57.8 Pts	64-Core 71.9 4% 71.9 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 04A4) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK6476GSX 640GB-$299 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 299GB free Firmware: GS001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2224 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 7020 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7493 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8501 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 98824 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240518168615 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8281 (DE) Loaded hours 87 87 5215 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 340 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	40.5% Average	Read 64.9 Write 76.3 Mixed 69.2 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.28 69% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 48%
WD Black 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$50 8,525 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 161 139 908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3276 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2391 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48900 (C2) HDA temperature 103 80 40 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 93 93 5476 (F1) Unknown 200 200 22354150827 (F2) Unknown 200 200 39013843289 (FE) Unknown 1 1 726	40.7% Average	Read 77.6 Write 64.3 Mixed 67.6 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.25 67% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-041.A00LF Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-H9 99U5428-041.A00LF Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-H9 12GB 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.6% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 3 SC Mixed 4.1 10% 3.57 GB/s	Latency 210 19% 210 ns

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Precision M6600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples	109x
Core i7-2860QMIntel $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples	102x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	84x

GPU
Quadro 3000MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,560 samples	237x
Quadro 4000MNvidiaBench 8%, 1,114 samples	91x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	88x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	8x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 45%, 359 samples	15x
HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 16GBHynixBench 45%, 20 samples	13x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $113

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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