Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.88% 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 Drive184% 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.
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 Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 03G9D9
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190925
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 17 '20 at 16:32
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9850H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 87
1-Core 140
2-Core 270
91% 166 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 787
78% 637 Pts
64-Core 963
60% 963 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6617
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
5.88% Terrible
Lighting 7.23
Reflection 42.3
Parallax 8.16
6% 19.2 fps
MRender 10.3
Gravity 6
Splatting 5.87
6% 7.4 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.88%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe KIOXIA 512GB
442GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 781 779 799 779 555 809 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 1,346
Write 1,142
Mixed 1,066
SusWrite 750
241% 1076 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 91.5
4K Mixed 55.6
182% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 868
DQ Write 360
DQ Mixed 848
566% 692 MB/s
Poor: 137%
This bench: 184%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
77.7% Very good
MC Read 31.5
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 21.6
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 19
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 24.9
69% 24.2 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5540 Builds (Compare 1,752 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 5540

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