Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.69% 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	29.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R1203
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130604
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 02:43
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 84.5 1-Core 49.2 2-Core 85.6 49% 73.1 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 180 21% 160 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro M7820 213 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 12EF) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.743.3.2000 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	9.69% Terrible	Lighting 12.5 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 10.5 10% 10.7 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 9.2 Splatting 12.8 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.69% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2440 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 631 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196618 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2502	29.4% Poor	Read 259 Write 121 Mixed 156 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.63 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 6.83 21% 9.16 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 27.9 44% 84 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 101%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E36 500GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 401GB free Firmware: GG2A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 211 211 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1214 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 309237645359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 711547 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223338758181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 93 93 2045	58.9% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 105 Mixed 72.3 69% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 3.64 Mixed 5.36 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.14 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.67 56% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G3S1339M.M16FMR 859B0000802C CT4G3S1339M.M16FMR 80CE000080CE M471B5773DH0-CH9 80CE000080CE M471B5773DH0-CH9 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.4 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16