Dell Vostro 1540

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Raft	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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.
Processor	With 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 28.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Vostro 1540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NHCFP
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 14:25
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 480 16,023 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Memory 40.4 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 71.8 32% 53.2 Pts	4-Core 91.5 8-Core 117 13% 104 Pts	64-Core 65.4 4% 65.4 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0526) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.64% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.92 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.64% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 240GB 4,398 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3063 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 171 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	39.4% Below average	Read 237 Write 211 Mixed 227 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 2.72 47% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 3.53 26% 61.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 91%
Seagate M3 1TB 2,563 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 725GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 26.6 Mixed 29.3 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AD80 HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 7.1 18% 6.37 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 2.8 SC Mixed 3.8 10% 3.47 GB/s	Latency 200 20% 200 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 25%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

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Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 1540

CPU
Core i3 M 380Intel $130Bench 40%, 21,755 samples	44x
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	23x
Core i5 M 480IntelBench 41%, 16,023 samples	9x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	82x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	5x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBCE80Bench 21%, 286 samples	6x
NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG 2x2GBNanyaBench 31%, 6,518 samples	4x
HMT325S6CFR8C-H9 2x2GBAD80Bench 22%, 30 samples	4x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $176

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16