Dell Precision M4600

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M4600 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08V9YG
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '21 at 16:22
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2960XM 863 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 105 51% 80.5 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 197 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 252 16% 252 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000M 3,227 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 04A3) 2GB CLim: 550 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	3.37% Terrible	Lighting 2.8 Reflection 8 Parallax 1.8 2% 4.2 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 6.1 6% 6.8 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 5%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PM871 mSATA 128GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT43D0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 2,788 Write 25.4 Mixed 45.9 198% 953 MB/s	4K Read 304 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 3.6 467% 103 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 81%
Toshiba MK3261GSYN 320GB-$72 6,986 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 277GB free Firmware: MH000D Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 31.6 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston X7C75G-HYC 99U5428-058.A00LF X7C75G-HYC 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	29.7% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 34%

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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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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 54%

Yacht

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 $130Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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