Dell Precision 3420, Core i5-6500, 8GB, 256GB SSD
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 11 Pro
27 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average social proof (4th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average storage (13th percentile)
- Below average cpu (15th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 6 |
| HDMI | HDMI Port |
| DisplayPort | Display Port |
| Wi-Fi | ✓ |
| Ethernet | Ethernet (RJ-45) Port |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Precision 3420 | HP Elite Mini 800 G9 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q | ASUS NUC RNUC15CRSU50000U | Apple iMac 27" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | Intel Core i7 14700 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core i7 6700T | Intel Core Ultra 5 225H | Intel 8th Generation Core i5 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 96 | 8 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 1024 | 756 | - | 1056 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Intel UHD 770 Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel HD Graphics | Intel Arc 130T | AMD Radeon Pro 570X |
| Form Factor | sff | mini | mini | mini | mini | aio |
| Psu W | - | 120 | 120 | - | 120 | - |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | No OS | macOS |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Precision 3420 | 14.7 | 21 | 9.2 | 44.5 | 12.9 | 70 | 4.1 |
| HP Elite Mini 800 G9 Compare | 82.6 | 45 | 46.1 | 58.8 | 69 | 70 | 87.9 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.2 | 63.1 | 81.8 | 65.3 | 53.6 | 11.6 | 94.3 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q Compare | 20.2 | 99.2 | 31.6 | 96.1 | 45.4 | 70 | 81 |
| ASUS NUC RNUC15CRSU50000U Compare | 64.4 | 64.1 | 99.2 | 76.4 | 1.8 | 37.3 | 75 |
| Apple iMac 27" Compare | 32.8 | 64.3 | 9.2 | 58.8 | 46.9 | 99.3 | 92 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall26.5
- AI/LLM7.5
- Gaming5.3
- Portability31.6
- Creator9.4
- Business30.8
- Developer20.5
- Home Office23.9
- Workstation19.6
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