Dell Inspiron 5559

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.11% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5559 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K64R6
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171208
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 17:22
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 74.8 1-Core 55.4 2-Core 104 49% 78.2 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 200 30% 216 Pts	64-Core 207 13% 207 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06B2) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 5.62 6% 7.33 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 5.63 Splatting 11.7 7% 8.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-512M6S 2.5 7mm 512GB 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC9110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 265 310 311 269 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 407 Write 364 Mixed 267 SusWrite 299 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 24.9 100% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 205 186% 285 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 223GB free Firmware: 2BA30004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 61 53 64 65 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 35.7 Write 40 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 55.5 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 60% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.M16 2x8GB 9,135 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 60%

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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 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5559

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	1,151x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	1,056x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	254x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	2,417x
Radeon R5 M335AMDBench 5%, 605 samples	27x
Radeon R5 M335AMDBench 5%, 504 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	84x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	54x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	419x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 30,873 samples	182x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6P1 2x4GBMicronBench 50%, 1,534 samples	118x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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