Dell Inspiron 5490

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 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	11.6% 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	166% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 78% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5490 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NDT7Y
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 15:53
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	78%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10510U 51,080 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 72.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 246 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 406 58% 427 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce MX230 6,801 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Dell(1028 0955) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4187 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 13.4 12% 14 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 13.6 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 11,857 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11001101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 938 950 905 577 561 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 866 Write 945 Mixed 926 SusWrite 779 198% 879 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 59.2 207% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 590 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 535 376% 480 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 194%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851S6CJR6N-VK HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 12GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 17.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 95.3 42% 95.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 69%

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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 10%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5490

CPU
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples	127x
Core i7-10510UIntelBench 56%, 51,080 samples	106x
Core i3-10110UIntelBench 47%, 11,481 samples	14x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples	205x
GeForce MX230NvidiaBench 10%, 6,801 samples	35x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples	7x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBBc511Bench 147%, 11,857 samples	35x
NVMe KIOXIA 512GBKbg40zns512gBench 148%, 15,775 samples	30x
SN520 NVMe WDC 512GBPCBench 145%, 5,261 samples	21x

RAM
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK HMA851S6DJR6N-VK 8GBHynixBench 64%, 116 samples	22x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 8GBHynixBench 58%, 808 samples	21x
SF4642G8CK8IEHLSBG 1x16GBUnknownBench 44%, 1,721 samples	11x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16