Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

CPU throttled at 63% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M6400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0D138P
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130605
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 13:13
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	63%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300-$172 660 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Memory 54.6 1-Core 15.6 2-Core 31.4 25% 33.9 Pts	4-Core 47.6 8-Core 50.8 6% 49.2 Pts	64-Core 56.4 4% 56.4 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M 788 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 019B) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.21% Terrible	Lighting 3.57 Reflection 6.38 Parallax 1.16 3% 3.7 fps	MRender 6.76 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 4.83 4% 4.68 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.21% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB6S-128G-1006 128GB 2,125 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3511006 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 143 Write 128 Mixed 86.1 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 9.8 30% 9.37 MB/s	DQ Read 62.4 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 51.1 38% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 87%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 201GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 51 53 51 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 87.6 Write 49.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 50.2 42% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	12.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.1 MC Write 3.3 MC Mixed 3.5 11% 3.97 GB/s	SC Read 3.1 SC Write 2.8 SC Mixed 4.2 10% 3.37 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 61%

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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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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6400

CPU
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel $172Bench 46%, 660 samples	14x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	11x
Core2 Duo T9550Intel $199Bench 39%, 1,427 samples	8x

GPU
Quadro FX 2700MNvidiaBench 3%, 788 samples	30x
Quadro FX 3700MNvidiaBench 6%, 383 samples	20x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	6x

SSD
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
RBX Series 1 128GBSamsungBench 15%, 26 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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