Dell Precision M4600

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.56% 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	80.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision M4600 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08V9YG
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 16:19
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	74%

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 i7-2760QM-$130 10,423 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 130 58% 93.8 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 286 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD (ATI) FirePro M5950 Mobility Pro Graphics 63 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 04A3) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.1004 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.56% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 8.23 Parallax 6.44 7% 7.64 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 5.77 Splatting 8.26 6% 7.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.56% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X210 512GB-$152 1,667 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: X210706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 324 341 345 352 371 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 370 Write 348 Mixed 192 SusWrite 342 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 30.8 110% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 126 128% 207 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 101%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 103GB free Firmware: GG2ZBF40 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 67 67 69 71 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 74.2 Write 61.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 67.3 42% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 58%
Disk drive 65GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 60GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 14 16 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 9 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 15 8% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 21%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 5,742 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 237GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 23 21 21 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 19.7 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 22 28% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 22%
Pretec UltimateGuard 8GB 3GB free, PID 57aa Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 1.5 Mixed 1.7 2% 1.6 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73EB0-YK0 16GB 915 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 59%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M4600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples	138x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	130x
Core i7-2820QMIntel $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples	76x

GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples	227x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples	170x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	85x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	26x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	16x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 45%, 885 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16