Dell PowerEdge 2950

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 27% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell PowerEdge 2950
Motherboard	Dell PowerEdge 2950 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 E5320 104 User benchmarks, average bench 35% CPU1, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	31.4% Below average	Memory 47.9 1-Core 20.2 2-Core 42.7 25% 36.9 Pts	4-Core 82.6 8-Core 141 14% 112 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 38%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 0274) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 1.53 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 1.31 1% 1.68 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.22 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Dell PERC 5/i 499GB 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	91.9% Outstanding	Read 134 Write 186 Mixed 145 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.69 174% 1.68 MB/s

USB DISK 2.0 16GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.64% Terrible	Read 23.4 Write 11.3 Mixed 11.3 17% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.62 68% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.64% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 8x4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	MC Read 4.2 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 4.4 12% 4.37 GB/s	SC Read 2.4 SC Write 2.3 SC Mixed 2.9 7% 2.53 GB/s	Latency 169 24% 169 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 18%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical PowerEdge 2950 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 2950

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon 51601stBench 43%, 632 samples	3x
CPU: Intel Xeon E53101stBench 33%, 54 samples	1x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54501stBench 47%, 442 samples	1x

GPU
RX 560AMD $500Bench 22%, 60,738 samples	3x
GeForce GT 520NvidiaBench 2%, 16,336 samples	1x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	1x

SSD
PERC 5/i 239GBDellBench 26%, 5 samples	3x

RAM
M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5166AZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5160QZ4-CE65 80CE7FB380CE M395T5160FB4-CE68 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5160C... 32GBUnknownBench 13%, 4 samples	3x
HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 8x4GBUnknownBench 17%, 31 samples	1x
M395T5160QZ4-CE66 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE7FB380CE M395T5160QZ4-CE66 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE7FB380CE M395T5750GZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5750GZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5750GZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5750G... 24GBUnknownBench 19%, 1 sample	1x

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Value: 10% - Very poor

Total price: $500

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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