Dell Inspiron 5579

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics3.12% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive29.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Inspiron 5579  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0MCF7M
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180131
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 10 '18 at 02:35
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 43%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8250U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Memory 76.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 216
74% 133 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 483
54% 422 Pts
64-Core 467
29% 467 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Dell(1028 0808) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
3.12% Terrible
Lighting 3.23
Reflection 4.73
Parallax 3.19
3% 3.72 fps
MRender 4.9
Gravity 2.9
Splatting 6.48
4% 4.76 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.12%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF3000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 28 61 109 125 143 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
29.9% Poor
Read 348
Write 180
Mixed 188
SusWrite 80
44% 199 MB/s
4K Read 7
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 7.8
25% 7.83 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 26.6
DQ Mixed 40.7
38% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 29.9%
Great: 56%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3E1 859B0000802C CT8G4SFS824A.M8FD 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
74.3% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 21.6
76% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 23
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 88.1
45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron 5579 Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5579

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