Dell Precision WorkStation R5400

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	52.5% 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	49.6% 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 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation R5400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0FX173
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120430
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 20:37
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5450 442 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 82.4 41% 63.3 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 336 30% 254 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 61.7 53% 65.1 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 55.7 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 90 113 116 109 102 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.6% Average	Read 243 Write 102 Mixed 139 SusWrite 105 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 22.2 88% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 88.1 84% 131 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 85%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 32 36 38 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 117 Write 23.3 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 34.5 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 8 19% 6.6 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 4.2 13% 4.57 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 61%

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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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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation R5400

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E54501stBench 47%, 442 samples	2x
Xeon E5405IntelBench 42%, 719 samples	2x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54301stBench 45%, 279 samples	2x

GPU
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 15,964 samples	1x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	1x
SSD_RAID_0 480GBBench 35%, 1 sample	1x
SSDNow KC300 120GBKingston $80Bench 71%, 2,344 samples	1x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	3x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	2x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	1x

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Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $42

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16