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Dell Precision WorkStation 690

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 37.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics28.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 15 years and 2 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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision WorkStation 690  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0MY171
Memory7.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20080425
Uptime4.6 Days
Run DateAug 12 '16 at 10:02
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User BGR-User
Background CPU 39%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5355
Microprocessor, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.65 GHz
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
37.2% Below average
Memory 54.4
1-Core 29.5
2-Core 59.3
32% 47.7 Pts
4-Core 110
8-Core 182
18% 146 Pts
64-Core 213
13% 213 Pts
Poor: 37%
This bench: 37.2%
Great: 45%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203
Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
28.4% Poor
Lighting 35.7
Reflection 32.1
Parallax 47.1
29% 38.3 fps
MRender 28.8
Gravity 30.6
Splatting 37.6
27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 24%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 28%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
71.1% Very good
Read 132
Write 116
Mixed 119
92% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.84
4K Write 2.01
4K Mixed 0.38
115% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$80
370GB free
Firmware: MN6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
54.5% Above average
Read 92.2
Write 97.6
Mixed 73.9
66% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.43
103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 54.5%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 24GB
null MHz
2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
15% Very poor
MC Read 4.7
MC Write 4.8
MC Mixed 5.7
14% 5.07 GB/s
SC Read 2.1
SC Write 3.7
SC Mixed 3.5
9% 3.1 GB/s
Latency 145
28% 145 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 15%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision WorkStation 690 Builds (Compare 75 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision WorkStation 690

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