Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.99% 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 Drive194% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0GGJKD
Memory2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190723
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateMar 03 '20 at 16:15
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9400H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Memory 93.6
1-Core 134
2-Core 260
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 588
63% 500 Pts
64-Core 643
40% 643 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.99% Terrible
Lighting 7.47
Reflection 10.9
Parallax 7.84
6% 8.73 fps
MRender 8.19
Gravity 6.87
Splatting 15.1
9% 10 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.99%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1063 920 643 795 798 797 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
194% Outstanding
Read 1,326
Write 1,127
Mixed 1,081
SusWrite 836
245% 1,093 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 58.4
193% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 919
DQ Write 438
DQ Mixed 843
582% 733 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 194%
Great: 267%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 121 121 121 121 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
65.3% Good
Read 107
Write 121
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 120
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.7
192% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 67%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB
53GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 38 28 7.3 26 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
34.8% Below average
Read 142
Write 34.5
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 31.3
75% 67.3 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 2.2
163% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 34.8%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KHYXPX-MIE 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
46% Average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 11.8
43% 15.1 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 14.3
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 46%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5540 Builds (Compare 1,738 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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System: Dell Precision 5540

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