Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R1203
Memory	6.7 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120316
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 20:13
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 X 920-$90 998 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 37.2 2-Core 65.1 44% 61.8 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 235 25% 198 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M 788 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 019B) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Lighting 3.53 Reflection 6.19 Parallax 1.16 3% 3.63 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.66 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 75 52 68 71 147 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.9% Below average	Read 189 Write 120 Mixed 195 SusWrite 89.6 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 17.7 62% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 138 114% 163 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 80AD000080AD HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 80AD000080AD HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 10GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 42%

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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 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	39x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	31x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	28x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	28x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples	7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	5x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples	6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16