Dell Precision M4600

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.42% 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	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell Precision M4600 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08V9YG
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '17 at 06:29
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 434 48% 378 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000M 3,227 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 14A3) 2GB Driver: nvumdshimx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8601 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 7.38 Parallax 1.97 5% 5.18 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 7 Splatting 7.35 6% 7.54 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 99 99 11 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 57 40 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1121192461	44.8% Average	Read 266 Write 199 Mixed 210 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 15.5 69% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 35.4 DQ Mixed 15 15% 24.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 118%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 752GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 10263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 7206 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 52221 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454183969 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	54.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 90.6 Mixed 88.4 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.17 47% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664HZ-1G6M1 4x2GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 56%

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M4600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples	138x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	130x
Core i7-2820QMIntel $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples	76x

GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples	227x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples	170x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	85x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	26x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	16x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 45%, 885 samples	12x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $113

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