Dell PowerEdge 1950

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 48.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics2.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory52GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 52GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell PowerEdge 1950
MotherboardDell PowerEdge 1950  (all builds)
Memory44.4 GB free of 52 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20101030
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 04 '22 at 02:38
Run Duration181 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 37%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5260
CPU1, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
48.8% Average
Memory 62.1
1-Core 51.6
2-Core 106
44% 73.2 Pts
4-Core 206
8-Core 210
28% 208 Pts
64-Core 213
13% 213 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 48.8%
Great: 51%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670
PwrHis(1787 2269) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
2.75% Terrible
Lighting 3.3
Reflection 4.8
Parallax 2.9
3% 3.67 fps
MRender 2.7
Gravity 2.6
Splatting 4.7
3% 3.33 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 2.75%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Dell Virtual Disk 250GB
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 28 25 27 23 30 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
26.3% Poor
Read 65.9
Write 9.3
Mixed 12.7
SusWrite 25.9
21% 28.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 36HTF1G72FZ667C1D6 802C7FB3802C 36HTF1G72FZ667C1D6 802C7FB3802C 36HTF1G72FZ667C1D6 802C7FB3802C 36HTF1G72FZ667C1D6 802C7FB3802C 36HTF1G72FZ667C1D6 802C7FB3802C 36HTF1G72FZ667C1D6 80CE80B380CE M395T5750CZ4-CE61 80CE80B380CE M395... 52GB
667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 2048, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
17.5% Very poor
MC Read 6.2
MC Write 5.1
MC Mixed 6.2
17% 5.83 GB/s
SC Read 3.7
SC Write 3.7
SC Mixed 4.3
11% 3.9 GB/s
Latency 122
33% 122 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PowerEdge 1950 Builds (Compare 2 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 1950

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