Dell Latitude E6540

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics4.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
SystemDell Latitude E6540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0725FP
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150901
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateOct 07 '17 at 20:04
Run Duration87 Seconds
Run User HRV-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 87.4
1-Core 108
2-Core 214
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 341
8-Core 446
50% 393 Pts
64-Core 457
28% 457 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Dell(1028 05BE) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
4.51% Terrible
Lighting 4.43
Reflection 7.58
Parallax 7.75
4% 6.59 fps
MRender 11
Gravity 2.67
Splatting 8.96
6% 7.54 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.51%
Great: 9%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41
739GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEM8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
57.1% Above average
Read 93.8
Write 104
Mixed 87.9
71% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.71
4K Write 5.32
4K Mixed 0.47
180% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
57.6% Above average
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 16.7
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 19.9
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Latitude E6540 Builds (Compare 2,294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E6540

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $178
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