Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.02% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 06:38
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 2,081 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 623 61% 502 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD P530 (Server Skylake) 5,499 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06C7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.02% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 7.84 6% 8.19 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 15.3 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.02% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 487 Write 402 Mixed 91.9 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 26.2 93% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 80.6 123% 231 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 5GB free Firmware: KC48 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 102 Write 96.4 Mixed 57.4 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB 3,447 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 41GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 8.1 8.1 7.7 7.9 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 38 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 8.9 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 81%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 43GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.9 7.7 8.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 37.6 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 8 21% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 68%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 6GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 8 8 7.7 7.6 7.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 39.8 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 8.1 22% 30 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 3.1 638% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 68%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 119GB 5GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.22% Terrible	Read 16.6 Write 18.9 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 8 11% 15 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s

WDC WD32 00BEVT-00A23T0 320GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 3GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.1 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 35.7 Mixed 24 SusWrite 3.9 32% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 19%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 5,742 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 8GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.9 4 3.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	9.96% Terrible	Read 34.8 Write 35.5 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 3.8 30% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.96% Great: 22%
Mass Storage Device 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 6GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.2 5.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.43% Terrible	Read 32.3 Write 32.2 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 4.3 30% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.43% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU7AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 78%

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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	225x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	152x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	115x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	114x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	83x

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	46x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	37x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 853 samples	22x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16