Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.66% 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	40.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 8 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.

System	Dell Precision M6400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0D138P
Memory	10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130605
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '16 at 01:57
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300-$172 660 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 39.8 2-Core 74.8 43% 63.7 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 144 19% 144 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro M7740 225 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 12EF) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.911.3.4000 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.66% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.69 9% 9.78 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 11.5 7% 8.57 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.66% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37799 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1650986 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 10770937 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 33 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2530654 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1650986 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8063649	40.2% Average	Read 248 Write 163 Mixed 160 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 13.6 52% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 32.2 41% 75.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 417GB free Firmware: SM30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149232248 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17031849 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 605421603 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12084 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58% Above average	Read 106 Write 94.4 Mixed 78 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.73 210% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.6% Very poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.5 18% 6.13 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 3.1 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 50%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

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Workstation 4%

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System: Dell Precision M6400

CPU
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel $172Bench 46%, 660 samples	14x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	11x
Core2 Duo T9550Intel $199Bench 39%, 1,427 samples	8x

GPU
Quadro FX 2700MNvidiaBench 3%, 788 samples	30x
Quadro FX 3700MNvidiaBench 6%, 383 samples	20x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	6x

SSD
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
RBX Series 1 128GBSamsungBench 15%, 26 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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