Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics5.84% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemDell Precision M6500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0R1203
Memory5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20111206
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 29 '18 at 21:18
Run Duration193 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5 M 560-$65
Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.65 GHz
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
37.8% Below average
Memory 52.3
1-Core 58.5
2-Core 89.2
41% 66.7 Pts
4-Core 137
8-Core 136
18% 136 Pts
64-Core 137
8% 137 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 37.8%
Great: 48%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M
Dell(1028 02EF) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
5.84% Terrible
Lighting 7.73
Reflection 8.46
Parallax 2.47
6% 6.22 fps
MRender 7.29
Gravity 5.63
Splatting 5.52
5% 6.15 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.84%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS725025A9A362 250GB
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PC2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 19 28 30 34 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
17.8% Very poor
Read 36.1
Write 15.7
Mixed 13.5
SusWrite 25.8
17% 22.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
60% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 17.8%
Great: 60%
Hitachi HTS725025A9A362 250GB
233GB free
Firmware: PC2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 77 98 92 102 104 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
57.2% Above average
Read 105
Write 105
Mixed 55.6
SusWrite 94.4
66% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 57.2%
Great: 60%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB
2GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 5.6 5.8 6.2 5.4 6 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
8.27% Terrible
Read 19.9
Write 12
Mixed 4.7
SusWrite 5.4
12% 10.5 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.2
90% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.27%
Great: 17%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown EBJ41UF8BCS0-DJ-F 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
20.5% Poor
MC Read 7.2
MC Write 5.5
MC Mixed 8.9
21% 7.2 GB/s
SC Read 5
SC Write 4.4
SC Mixed 5.3
14% 4.9 GB/s
Latency 152
26% 152 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 20.5%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision M6500 Builds (Compare 188 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6500

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