Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 27% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	3.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 63% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M6400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 10:37
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	76%
CPU Throttled	63%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo P8700-$42 7,366 User benchmarks, average bench 37% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Memory 49.2 1-Core 9.8 2-Core 19.8 21% 26.3 Pts	4-Core 20.1 8-Core 29.3 3% 24.7 Pts	64-Core 25 2% 25 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M 383 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 019C) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.26% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 3.12 Parallax 1.72 4% 3.02 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 3.07 Splatting 3.65 3% 3.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 480GB 31,107 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c86 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 134 140 155 145 168 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.3% Below average	Read 231 Write 193 Mixed 199 SusWrite 144 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 12.9 50% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 77.6 DQ Write 64.8 DQ Mixed 62.4 49% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 99%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 17GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 10 10 11 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	4.83% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 14.4 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 9.9 14% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 4.83% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.2% Very poor	MC Read 2.9 MC Write 3.4 MC Mixed 3.3 9% 3.2 GB/s	SC Read 1.2 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 3.2 7% 2.37 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 4%

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System: Dell Precision M6400

CPU
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel $172Bench 46%, 660 samples	14x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	11x
Core2 Duo T9550Intel $199Bench 39%, 1,427 samples	8x

GPU
Quadro FX 2700MNvidiaBench 3%, 788 samples	30x
Quadro FX 3700MNvidiaBench 6%, 383 samples	20x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	6x

SSD
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
RBX Series 1 128GBSamsungBench 15%, 26 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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