Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 50.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.85% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R1203
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110127
Uptime	622.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 20:55
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 940-$79 592 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 41.3 2-Core 67.7 44% 62.8 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 165 18% 146 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02EF) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 327.02 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 2.47 6% 6.21 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 5.63 Splatting 5.52 5% 6.18 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 mSATA 128GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 160 Write 190 Mixed 126 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 10.3 37% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 86.6 DQ Write 47.4 DQ Mixed 10.2 23% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 43%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 661GB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 104 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 115 Write 68.9 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 105 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.5 190% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 885 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 14.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 49%

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

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Typical Precision M6500 Builds (Compare 188 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	39x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	31x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	28x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	28x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples	7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	5x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples	6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16