Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.29% 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.
Boot Drive	47.4% 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.

Run History

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System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '20 at 18:41
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Q 820-$119 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 69.9 2-Core 103 54% 84 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 215 25% 193 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02EF) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 2.6 6% 6.77 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 5.7 Splatting 3.6 4% 5.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 221 204 196 220 220 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.4% Average	Read 219 Write 211 Mixed 215 SusWrite 212 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 17.5 57% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 175 132% 175 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 128%
Seagate ST320VM001-1AD142 320GB 327 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 281GB free Firmware: 0001SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 87 78 85 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 80.1 Write 76.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 85.9 52% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 802C0000802C 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 55%

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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%

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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 $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