Dell Precision 3540

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.89% 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	203% 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 90% 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 Precision 3540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M14W7
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '20 at 15:59
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8565U 81,207 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 75.5 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 273 79% 149 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 632 69% 546 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08BA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 8.03 5% 8.46 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 15.3 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1129 797 795 796 796 801 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,556 Write 1,248 Mixed 1,140 SusWrite 852 268% 1,199 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 65.1 220% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 642 430% 520 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 267%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 13,906 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.6% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%

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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 8%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Precision 3540

CPU
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	64x
Core i7-8665UIntelBench 60%, 10,156 samples	43x
Core i5-8365UIntelBench 57%, 8,737 samples	20x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	142x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 6%, 127 samples	1x
Radeon Pro WX 2100 GraphicsAMDBench 12%, 1 sample	1x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc601Bench 162%, 6,475 samples	11x
2200S NVMe 512GBMicronBench 167%, 5,553 samples	8x
NVMe KIOXIA 256GBKbg40zns256gBench 149%, 13,282 samples	5x

RAM
HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 42%, 1,772 samples	25x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 43%, 5,210 samples	11x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	9x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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