Dell Inspiron 5481

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.97% 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	161% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5481 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y3J1X
Memory	2.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 00:09
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 571 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 74.6% 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. 25.20.100.6581 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.97% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 8.27 Parallax 6.66 6% 7.49 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 15.1 9% 9.81 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.97% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 693 505 261 261 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,189 Write 698 Mixed 145 SusWrite 476 138% 627 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 34.8 162% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 873 DQ Mixed 482 454% 700 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 277%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 617GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 107 108 112 115 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 72 Write 123 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 111 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 179% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8266.M16FE 1x16GB 636 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 12.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 49%

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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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Typical Inspiron 5481 Builds (Compare 173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5481

CPU
Core i3-8145UIntelBench 53%, 15,431 samples	96x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	58x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	19x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	173x

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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