Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.52% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Dell Precision M6400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130605
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '16 at 07:51
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300-$172 660 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 39.8 2-Core 77.1 44% 65.3 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 145 19% 145 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M 383 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 019C) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 9 Reflection 8 Parallax 3.38 7% 6.79 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 5.17 5% 6.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 34 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 73 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 52 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 181201783
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 251GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 159 708 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6270 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6268 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34681 (C2) HDA temperature 103 94 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 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 333 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1146106698 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2580667733 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	58% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 104 Mixed 19.1 53% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 5.6 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6400

CPU
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel $172Bench 46%, 660 samples	14x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	11x
Core2 Duo T9550Intel $199Bench 39%, 1,427 samples	8x

GPU
Quadro FX 2700MNvidiaBench 3%, 788 samples	30x
Quadro FX 3700MNvidiaBench 6%, 383 samples	20x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	6x

SSD
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
RBX Series 1 128GBSamsungBench 15%, 26 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $365

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16