Dell Precision 5520

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.7% 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 Drive84.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision 5520  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 06X96V
Memory25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181205
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJan 19 '20 at 01:09
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 20%

 PC Performing as expected (56th 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 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 110
2-Core 219
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 606
61% 497 Pts
64-Core 405
25% 405 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M1200
Dell(1028 07BF) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3170
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
14.7% Very poor
Lighting 18.6
Reflection 14
Parallax 16.5
15% 16.3 fps
MRender 20.8
Gravity 18.1
Splatting 13.8
14% 17.6 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 14.7%
Great: 16%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 222 184 204 180 182 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Read 629
Write 390
Mixed 299
SusWrite 195
84% 378 MB/s
4K Read 14.5
4K Write 36.3
4K Mixed 26.6
75% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 800
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 103
188% 389 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 141%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT16G4SFD824A.M16FE Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3H1 32GB
2400, 2400 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
75.7% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 24.2
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 31
SC Mixed 23.7
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 73
55% 73 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5520 Builds (Compare 2,582 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

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