Dell PowerEdge 2950

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell PowerEdge 2950
Motherboard	Dell PowerEdge 2950 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '20 at 17:08
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5450 569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU1, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 65.1 1-Core 35.5 2-Core 80.6 39% 60.4 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 329 30% 251 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Dell PERC 6/i 600GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 517GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 196 197 196 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 194 Mixed 100 SusWrite 196 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.7 314% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Dell PERC 6/i 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 1.21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 62.8 Write 42.6 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 102 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 96%
Dell PERC 6/i 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 1.21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 74.8 Write 43 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 103 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 96%
Mass Storage Device 32GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 25GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 18.3 Write 13.2 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 14.4 20% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 2.8 198% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M395T5163QZ4-CE68 8x4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM 667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.7% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 5.9 17% 5.83 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 4.4 11% 3.93 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 18%

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Typical PowerEdge 2950 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 2950

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon 51601stBench 43%, 632 samples	3x
CPU: Intel Xeon E53101stBench 33%, 54 samples	1x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54501stBench 47%, 442 samples	1x

GPU
RX 560AMD $500Bench 22%, 60,738 samples	3x
GeForce GT 520NvidiaBench 2%, 16,336 samples	1x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	1x

SSD
PERC 5/i 239GBDellBench 26%, 5 samples	3x

RAM
M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5166AZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5160QZ4-CE65 80CE7FB380CE M395T5160FB4-CE68 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE808980CE M395T5160C... 32GBUnknownBench 13%, 4 samples	3x
HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 8x4GBUnknownBench 17%, 31 samples	1x
M395T5160QZ4-CE66 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE7FB380CE M395T5160QZ4-CE66 80CE808980CE M395T5160CZ4-CE65 80CE7FB380CE M395T5750GZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5750GZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5750GZ4-CE66 80CE7FB380CE M395T5750G... 24GBUnknownBench 19%, 1 sample	1x

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Value: 10% - Very poor

Total price: $500

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