Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	38GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 38GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation T3500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XPDFK
Memory	20.9 GB free of 38 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130528
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 20:01
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon W3520-$230 6,508 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 124 60% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 343 35% 283 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.51 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 63.7 50% 63.6 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 52.7 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24886 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 32 32 2059 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6665819718719 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 116 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 32 32 68 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	42.3% Average	Read 267 Write 175 Mixed 213 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 5.54 58% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 4.31 31% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4627 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 213238 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 35 (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	84.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 145 Mixed 133 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 38GB 3,056 User benchmarks, average bench 16% null MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 14.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 21%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

CPU
Xeon W3530Intel $290Bench 65%, 5,773 samples	477x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples	330x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	172x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	155x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	145x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	75x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	648x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	576x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	324x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $377

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