Dell Precision M6600

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 28%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics6.41% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision M6600  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 04YY4M
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110510
Uptime7 Days
Run DateApr 23 '17 at 13:39
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 37%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2720QM-$85
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
29.4% Poor
Memory 49
1-Core 14.5
2-Core 28.2
23% 30.6 Pts
4-Core 55.8
8-Core 76.7
8% 66.2 Pts
64-Core 77.5
5% 77.5 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 29.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 3000M
Dell(1028 04A4) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 320.49
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
6.41% Terrible
Lighting 7.33
Reflection 8.46
Parallax 6.25
6% 7.35 fps
MRender 9.95
Gravity 7.27
Splatting 9.3
7% 8.84 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.41%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
ARRAY 500GB
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
48.5% Average
Read 81.9
Write 87
Mixed 81.2
63% 83.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 1.63
4K Mixed 0.37
88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 48.5%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
29.8% Poor
MC Read 12
MC Write 11
MC Mixed 11.9
33% 11.6 GB/s
SC Read 3.8
SC Write 3.3
SC Mixed 4
11% 3.7 GB/s
Latency 164
24% 164 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 29.8%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Precision M6600 Builds (Compare 538 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6600

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $113
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