Dell Precision Tower 3430

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3430
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3430 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180731
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 14:42
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 203 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 446 52% 406 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0860) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.5017 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	4.87% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 6.91 6% 8.22 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 0 3% 3.94 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.87% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 206 224 226 212 219 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 294 Write 277 Mixed 154 SusWrite 207 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 8.3 30% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 171 135% 189 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 97%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 465GB free Firmware: AV003D SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 113 114 114 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 111 Write 58.5 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 107 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GB 2,439 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3430

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	160x
Core i5-8500Intel $120Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	54x
Core i5-8600Intel $165Bench 88%, 18,241 samples	16x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	125x
Quadro P1000NvidiaBench 24%, 8,041 samples	36x
Radeon Pro WX 4100AMDBench 16%, 929 samples	28x

SSD
NVMe TOSHIBA 512GBKxg60znv512gBench 196%, 7,642 samples	20x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	14x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	9x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	24x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	19x
KY7N41-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 1,784 samples	14x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $200

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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