Dell Latitude E6540

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Latitude E6540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0725FP
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	19.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 16:49
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 551 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05BE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4432 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 7.65 Parallax 7.81 4% 6.62 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 9 6% 7.52 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 68 76 63 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 434 Write 70.6 Mixed 108 SusWrite 62.6 36% 169 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 30.1 113% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 107 109% 186 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$21 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 88GB free Firmware: DEM6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 87 86 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 84.9 Write 93.9 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 84.5 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.7 337% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 64%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 883 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 17 18 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 16.9 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 17.4 25% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 1,630 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 226GB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 17 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 23 Write 17.5 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 17.6 25% 19 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 2x8GB 1,253 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 68%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Latitude E6540

CPU
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	599x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	532x
Core i7-4610MIntelBench 58%, 4,524 samples	377x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2,182x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples	104x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	140x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	111x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	68x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $178

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