Dell Precision M4700

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Dell Precision M4700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 082H3V
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '16 at 22:48
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3720QM-$100 9,911 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 188 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 475 55% 427 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BP4 mSATA SSD 120GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^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 20000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (A8) Unknown 100 100 56 (AA) Unknown 100 100 113 (AD) Unknown 100 100 39715527 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15488	47.8% Average	Read 261 Write 224 Mixed 138 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 7.79 59% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 19.8 52% 110 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 699GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 648 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1082 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 169759348 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1075 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 673447975 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16638 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 77309411367 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 99 648 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64325725197900 (F1) Unknown 100 253 450756198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3334882631 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.4% Above average	Read 107 Write 97.2 Mixed 19.7 54% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.62 109% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KFYHV1-HYC 2x4GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 58%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Dell Precision M4700

CPU
Core i7-3740QMIntel $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples	190x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	111x
Core i7-3720QMIntel $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples	46x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	177x
Quadro K2000MNvidiaBench 6%, 4,288 samples	137x
Quadro K1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 4,204 samples	86x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	30x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x

RAM
X7C75G-HYC 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 524 samples	32x
M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 1,654 samples	15x
X7C75G-HYC 2x4GBKingstonBench 58%, 334 samples	11x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $220

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16