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DELL PRECISION M6700 INTEL CORE i7 – 3740M @ 2.60Ghz 4M 32GB (8GB*4) – 1600MHz 1TB (1tb ) SATA 7200RPM NVIDIA QUADRO K3000M – 2GB DDR5 MEMORY 17.3” LED BACKLIGHT DISPLAY WINDOWS 7 PRO 64BIT Review Update Dell Precision M6700 Notebook Nvidia Quadro K5000M Tobias Winkler (translated by Liala Stieglitz), 03/20/2013 Business Windows Ivy Bridge Silent. Dell’s Precision M6700 could already convince us with its high performance and agreeable noise development in a first review. Now Nvidia’s highest performance, professional Quadro K5000M graphics is installed and has to prove for whom this configuration upgrade is really worthwhile. We also closely examined whether the other qualities are not neglected. For the original German review, see here. Dell’s Precision M6700 leads our workstation ranking alongside its smaller brother, Dell’s Precision M4700. The reason that the 17-inch premium model is only in second place could be that the older test model featured the attractively priced AMD FirePro M6000. Now we have gotten hold of a test model with the strongest Nvidia Quadro graphics chip, the Quadro K5000M. A more potent Intel Core i7-3940XM CPU is also integrated, which is the current ultimate until the Haswell architecture is released. The working memory has been doubled to 16 GB and features a higher clock. A total of three solid state drives are used as storage devices. This is divided into 256 GB for the operating system and 2x 512 GB for data. We regrettably did not get an IPS screen with RGB LEDs. Instead, the standard Full HD screen is installed again. The test device currently has a gross price of about 7600 Euros (~$9867). Case The casing is identical with that of the previously tested Dell Precision M6700 with AMD’s FirePro M6000. The umber-colored metal surface is very rigid and resistant. The display hinge has a firm grip on the screen and the wrist rest only yields slightly over the ExpressCard slot. The casing’s stiffness is exemplary. The base is closed with a big cover that is secured with two screws and most important components are found beneath it. The Precision M6700 cannot be placed stably on a surface when the battery is removed because one of the feet is attached to it. More impressions about the casing can be found in the review of Dell’s Precision M6700 and Precision M6600. Connectivity The connectivity has been well-solved in every way. The number and position are exemplary and cater to virtually all needs. Only unusual interfaces, such as FireWire 800 or Thunderbolt, are not found. The current test model sports a common slot-in DVD burner rather than a Blu-ray burner. We tested the card reader with an SDHC SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-1 (8 GB) and reached sequential read speeds of 75 MB/s and write rates of 48 MB/s. Consequently, the speed advantage of fast memory cards can be used well in Dell’s Precision M6700. All other connectivity details are identical to the previously tested Dell Precision M6700. The warranty covers the usual 36 months. Input Devices Keyboard The keyboard virtually features the same qualities as the first test model. Only the keyboard’s left area yielded noticeably and could annoy prolific typists. This is likely restricted to the test model seeing that Dell has proved that it can do a better job. Another drawback is again the omitted keyboard light. Display We also find the standard Full HD screen in this test model. Unfortunately, we could not get hold of an RGB LED screen for this update review. However, the screen comes from Chi Mei rather than LG Philips this time. 281cd/m² 284cd/m² 257cd/m² 278cd/m² 303cd/m² 259cd/m² 300cd/m² 309cd/m² 280cd/m² Distribution of brightness X-Rite i1Pro 2 Maximum: 309 cd/m² Average: 283.4 cd/m²Brightness Distribution: 83 %Center on Battery: 303 cd/m²Contrast: 797:1 (Black: 0.38 cd/m²) ICC File (X-Rite i1Pro 2) Both screens are high-quality but differ marginally in details. The brightness ranges from a minimum of 257 cd/m² in the upper right corner to a maximum of 309 cd/m² in the lower center at our nine measuring points. This results in an average of 283 cd/m² and an illumination of 83%. Slight brightness differences can only be seen on monochrome backgrounds when looking very close at the screen. The contrast is now 797:1 and reproduces even richer colors and a more saturated black. The color space coverage is not quite as good as in the LG Philips screen and exhibits somewhat larger gaps particularly in the blue-cyan-green range. Chi Mei vs. AdobeRGB Chi Mei vs. sRGB LG Philips vs. sRGB The screen is only average in the other qualities like gray scales, color accuracy and color saturation in factory settings. After calibration, the screen shows its true potential. The gray scales are reproduced very precisely with an average DeltaE 2000 of 1.78. The color accuracy is almost perfect except for slightly shifted red and magenta value
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