Dell PowerEdge 2900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Dell PowerEdge 2900
Motherboard	Dell PowerEdge 2900 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090420
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 14:39
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5450 324 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU1, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 54.5 1-Core 42.7 2-Core 83.5 37% 60.2 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 317 29% 244 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Dell PERC 6/i 500GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 29GB free Firmware: 1.22 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.08% Terrible	Read 65.5 Write 63.8 Mixed 65.2 14% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.41 2% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 94%
Dell PERC 6/i 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 511GB free Firmware: 1.22 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 104 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.49 117% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 201GB free Firmware: 0002LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205980136 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17434598520 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 908 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 4901175331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 427 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 2 2 196406 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 51539607587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	36.8% Below average	Read 62 Write 66.2 Mixed 26.3 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.11 35% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 61%
Dell PERC 6/i 292GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.22 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 146 Mixed 142 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.72 143% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 124%
Dell PERC 6/i 599GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 95GB free Firmware: 1.22 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 19% Great: 81%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 22GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 28.9 Write 22.8 Mixed 21.2 30% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M395T5160QZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5160QZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5160QZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5160QZ4-CE66 80AD7FB380AD HYMP125F72CP8D3-Y5 80AD7FB380AD HYMP125F72CP8D3-Y5 855180898551 72T256420HFN3SB 855180898551 72T256420H... 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.5% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 4.9 MC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.1 GB/s	SC Read 2.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 4 12% 4.07 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 15%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 2900

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E53451stBench 40%, 300 samples	1x
CPU: Intel Xeon X54601stBench 48%, 616 samples	1x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	1x

SSD
PERC 5/i 500GBDellBench 81%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
Kingston 2x4GBUnknownBench 18%, 7 samples	1x
KINGSTON 01987FB380AD KINGSTON 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 019... 48GBUnknownBench 17%, 1 sample	1x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16