Dell Inspiron 5481

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.94% 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 Drive	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

CPU throttled at 88% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell Inspiron 5481 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 00DXXH
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180827
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '19 at 14:07
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8265U 87,841 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 204 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 633 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 178,291 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 089F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6292 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.94% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 10 Parallax 7.62 6% 8.36 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 15.2 9% 9.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.94% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg30zms256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 7,395 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: ADDA0103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 133 141 135 143 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 406 Write 200 Mixed 190 SusWrite 149 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 13.5 73% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 60.9 DQ Mixed 114 108% 177 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 141%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHYXPX-MIE 1x8GB 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5481

CPU
Core i3-8145UIntelBench 53%, 15,431 samples	97x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	58x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	19x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	174x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 128GBBc501Bench 94%, 2,065 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKbg30zms256gBench 87%, 7,395 samples	7x

RAM
SF4641G8CK8IEHLSBG 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 5,660 samples	27x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 10,071 samples	17x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples	13x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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