Dell PowerEdge 2900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	32.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Dell PowerEdge 2900
Motherboard	Dell PowerEdge 2900 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101030
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 17:10
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5460-$190 10,360 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 59.5 1-Core 42.4 2-Core 83.6 39% 61.8 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 153 20% 152 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1401) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.6% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 36.9 34% 39.7 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 32.9 29% 36.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0706 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 26.1 Mixed 27.2 21% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.25 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 67%
Dell PERC 6/i 799GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.21 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 161 Mixed 163 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GT72U4NB1BN-3C 8x2GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 8 of 12 slots used 16GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM 667 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	12.1% Very poor	MC Read 3.4 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 3.7 10% 3.6 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 3.2 SC Mixed 4.1 10% 3.53 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 19%

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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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Typical PowerEdge 2900 Builds (Compare 2 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 2900

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E53451stBench 40%, 300 samples	1x
CPU: Intel Xeon X54601stBench 48%, 616 samples	1x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	1x

SSD
PERC 5/i 500GBDellBench 81%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
Kingston 2x4GBUnknownBench 18%, 7 samples	1x
KINGSTON 01987FB380AD KINGSTON 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 80AD808980AD HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 019... 48GBUnknownBench 17%, 1 sample	1x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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