Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211007
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '22 at 10:24
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 184 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 587 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06C7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 7 5% 8.47 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 1 1% 1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 131 133 132 129 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 432 Mixed 335 SusWrite 147 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 50.8 162% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 310 237% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 2x8GB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 78%

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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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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16