Dell Precision 5520

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.55% 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 Drive224% 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
Memory26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190726
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 30 '19 at 05:12
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 84.7
1-Core 113
2-Core 216
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 397
8-Core 622
63% 510 Pts
64-Core 627
39% 627 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics P630
Dell(1028 07BF) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.55% Terrible
Lighting 7.73
Reflection 14.2
Parallax 7.75
6% 9.9 fps
MRender 12.2
Gravity 7.13
Splatting 15.8
10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.55%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116
869GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1057 1285 1260 1058 844 817 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
224% Outstanding
Read 1,638
Write 514
Mixed 882
SusWrite 1,054
227% 1,022 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 31.3
166% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,203
DQ Write 837
DQ Mixed 967
736% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 158%
This bench: 224%
Great: 355%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28
70GB free
Firmware: U21010RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 380 392 373 343 344 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
60.8% Good
Read 251
Write 329
Mixed 232
SusWrite 365
67% 294 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 10.5
60% 25.3 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 104
118% 196 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
79.5% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 30.6
MC Mixed 25.1
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 32.7
SC Mixed 25.1
72% 25.1 GB/s
Latency 72.3
55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.5%
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 2,584 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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