Dell Precision M4600

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

CPU throttled at 33% 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 M4600 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08V9YG
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131226
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 21:27
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	33%

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
Intel Core i7-2760QM-$130 10,423 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 134 56% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 347 36% 288 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) 110,588 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 04A3) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	2.22% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 3.42 Parallax 1.62 2% 2.49 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.57 3% 3.09 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.22% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 124GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3617 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1756 (E8) Unknown 100 100 262137 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	28.4% Poor	Read 190 Write 134 Mixed 153 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 5.77 36% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 79.3 DQ Write 23.1 DQ Mixed 6.7 17% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 38%
Fujitsu MHY2200BH 200GB-$46 859 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 4GB free Firmware: 0081000D Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12351 (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 71 71 14894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2142 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 2903823942625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 290574 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224249893 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (CB) Run out cancel 100 98 0 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	16.1% Very poor	Read 27.4 Write 28.3 Mixed 27 21% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BF160B.C16F Samsung M471B5773CHS-CH9 859B CT102464BF160B.C16 Samsung M471B5773CHS-CF8 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 38%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M4600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples	138x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	130x
Core i7-2820QMIntel $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples	76x

GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples	227x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples	170x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	85x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	26x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	16x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 45%, 885 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16