Dell Precision M4700

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.12% 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.
Boot Drive	44.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M4700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DK7DT
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '20 at 17:24
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47% Average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 137 55% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 109 17% 123 Pts	64-Core 117 7% 117 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro M4000 1,496 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 053E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1045.0 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	7.12% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 12.6 7% 11.4 fps	MRender 9.8 Gravity 9.3 Splatting 8.6 8% 9.23 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.12% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot P210 512GB 4,278 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1128B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 403 411 420 66 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 454 Write 378 Mixed 350 SusWrite 245 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 0.4 31% 9.57 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 16.4 DQ Mixed 0.4 16% 39.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT4GC64C88B1NS-DI 830B NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 830B NT4GC64C88B1NS-DI 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.6 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 4.1 12% 4.17 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 56%

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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 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

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System: Dell Precision M4700

CPU
Core i7-3740QMIntel $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples	189x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	111x
Core i7-3720QMIntel $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples	46x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	177x
Quadro K2000MNvidiaBench 6%, 4,288 samples	137x
Quadro K1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 4,204 samples	86x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	30x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x

RAM
X7C75G-HYC 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 524 samples	32x
M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 1,654 samples	15x
X7C75G-HYC 2x4GBKingstonBench 58%, 334 samples	11x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $220

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16