Dell PowerEdge R520

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 44.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemDell PowerEdge R520
MotherboardDell PowerEdge R520  (all builds)
Memory8.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20131119
Uptime15.1 Days
Run DateAug 14 '21 at 00:47
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2430 0
CPU1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
44.4% Average
Memory 66.9
1-Core 31.6
2-Core 59.2
36% 52.6 Pts
4-Core 120
8-Core 331
25% 225 Pts
64-Core 505
31% 505 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 44.4%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SSDSC2KB019T7R 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: DL58
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 379 382 377 372 373 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
68.5% Good
Read 292
Write 405
Mixed 312
SusWrite 377
79% 346 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 51.2
4K Mixed 22.5
78% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 214
161% 214 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 86%
Dell PERC H310 2TB
195GB free
Firmware: 2.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 225 220 234 265 269 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 130%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 36KSF1G72PZ-1G4M1 4x8GB
4 of 12 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
55.3% Above average
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 19.6
63% 22.1 GB/s
SC Read 7.7
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 4.7
16% 5.67 GB/s
Latency 109
37% 109 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 55.3%
Great: 66%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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HDDRAMUSB
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