Dell Precision M4500

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Dell Precision M4500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 23:53
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 820-$119 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 71.3 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 80.5 46% 70.1 Pts	4-Core 120 8-Core 180 19% 150 Pts	64-Core 203 13% 203 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 880M 4,542 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 040C) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.95% Terrible	Lighting 2.6 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 1.06 2% 2.68 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 0.57 2% 2.26 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.95% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 718GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5328 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 511 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 48 39 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 29 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10988893529	42.5% Average	Read 253 Write 182 Mixed 205 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 14.4 50% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 64 66% 106 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 128%
Seagate ST2000LM 003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 867 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 389GB free Firmware: 2BC10005 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 17 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 87 87 3944 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7211 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6813 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 750 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 35 279173922860 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 228 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 62 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 67109	48% Average	Read 90.2 Write 77.1 Mixed 74.8 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.31 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-059.A00LF 2x8GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 12.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9.9 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 98.4 41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M4500

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	55x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples	36x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	35x

GPU
Quadro FX 880MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,542 samples	167x
Quadro FX 1800MNvidiaBench 3%, 1,209 samples	107x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	6x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	28x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	24x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	16x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $299

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