Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.6% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 13:11
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 167 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 401 42% 335 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06C7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4771 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.6% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 6.03 6% 7.42 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14.9 9% 9.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.6% Great: 6%
AMD FirePro W4100 Graphics Adapter 379 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 2B1E) 2GB CLim: 630 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	6.04% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 8.04 Parallax 6.69 5% 7.04 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 12.2 8% 8.94 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.04% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 452GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 122 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 56 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1674906227
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 473GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 66.1 Write 60 Mixed 41.4 69% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.19 20% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 283GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 76.4 Write 104 Mixed 95.1 124% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 45%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 21.1 Mixed 26.3 34% 29 MB/s	4K Read 6.99 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.58 119% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 24GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 39.5 26% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 17GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 146 Write 69.6 Mixed 88.7 117% 101 MB/s	4K Read 3.96 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.87 86% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 41%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 155 Write 33.7 Mixed 42.9 75% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.35 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.79 81% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 859B0000802C CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 859B0000802C CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 71%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	224x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	152x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	114x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	112x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	82x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	13x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	45x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	35x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 853 samples	22x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16