Dell Precision Tower 3431

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.7% 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	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3431
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3431 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '21 at 01:25
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9500 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 83.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 794 82% 661 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 550 1,189 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Dell(1028 1712) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1219 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 20.7 12% 20.7 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 24.6 18% 21.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
A400 NVMe SanDisk 512GB 629 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3582012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 368 377 377 376 354 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 492 Mixed 325 SusWrite 376 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 49.5 166% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 439 356% 510 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 150%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 319 318 319 318 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 392 Mixed 361 SusWrite 332 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 43.4 146% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 313 237% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 459 461 462 454 464 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 397 Mixed 335 SusWrite 458 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 44.1 146% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 310 236% 319 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 802C0000802C 4ATF51264AZ-2G6E1 802C0000802C 4ATF51264AZ-2G6E1 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 12.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 64%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3431

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $229Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	110x
Core i9-9900Intel $1,989Bench 91%, 11,853 samples	44x
Core i5-9500IntelBench 87%, 9,059 samples	40x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 65,338 samples	66x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	65x
Quadro P1000NvidiaBench 24%, 8,041 samples	48x

SSD
hynix SC401 SATA 512GBSKBench 82%, 1,351 samples	13x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	12x
2200S NVMe 512GBMicronBench 167%, 5,553 samples	12x

RAM
HMA82GU6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 88%, 962 samples	17x
HMA81GU6DJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 825 samples	17x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	15x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $229

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16