Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 17:43
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 196 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 572 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K420 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 1162) 2GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.95 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 4.08 Parallax 4.41 3% 4.21 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 4.97 Splatting 7 5% 5.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme NE-256 256GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 125 82 152 147 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,622 Write 1,122 Mixed 1,061 SusWrite 148 219% 988 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 36.8 184% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48.5 DQ Write 913 DQ Mixed 71.8 178% 344 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 195%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 139 127 134 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 141 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 136 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.8 2.4 3.6 2.4 3.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 10.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 3.5 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 6%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 4.7 3.8 4.6 3.7 4.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	5.48% Terrible	Read 23 Write 3.3 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 3.8 10% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.48% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 10 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 46%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	224x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	152x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	114x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	112x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	82x

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	45x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	35x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 853 samples	22x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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