Dell Precision 5520

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics14.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive198% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell Precision 5520  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 06X96V
Memory28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170608
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 19 '17 at 05:11
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 114
2-Core 230
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 637
68% 545 Pts
64-Core 633
39% 633 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M1200
Dell(1028 07BF) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
14.7% Very poor
Lighting 18.3
Reflection 13.6
Parallax 16.8
15% 16.2 fps
MRender 20.9
Gravity 19
Splatting 14
14% 17.9 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 14.7%
Great: 16%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
347GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
198% Outstanding
Read 1,880
Write 1,099
Mixed 548
257% 1,176 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 92
4K Mixed 27.6
146% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 38.2
DQ Write 527
DQ Mixed 171
166% 245 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 198%
Great: 235%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 31.7
MC Mixed 25.4
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 31.1
SC Mixed 24.4
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5520 Builds (Compare 2,582 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 5520

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $46
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