Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	21% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation T5500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0D883F
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 14:05
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 X5570 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU1, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 78.2 1-Core 81 2-Core 168 63% 109 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 624 56% 474 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT 231 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 2182) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 309.8 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	1.02% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 0.96 Parallax 0.31 2% 1.06 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.02% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9527387 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -132980777409430 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1450 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 39 45 77312360487 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 77312360487 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9527387 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9527387 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9527387 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 1 1 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 40928 (EA) Unknown 0 0 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 0 (F2) Unknown 0 0 0	21% Poor	Read 169 Write 101 Mixed 83.2 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 1.98 24% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 54.9 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 26.2 21% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 85%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 27.4 Mixed 29 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 4.07 4K Mixed 0.59 176% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 131GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 215 7625 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4609 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1288 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 233368 (C2) HDA temperature 124 89 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.2% Below average	Read 59.4 Write 52.5 Mixed 51.9 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x4GB 5,222 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 9 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 13 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 148%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

CPU
Xeon X5650IntelBench 70%, 13,757 samples	120x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples	113x
CPU: Intel Xeon E56201stBench 58%, 5,965 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples	82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	74x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	29x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	246x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	119x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	117x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

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