Dell Inspiron 5490

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	162% 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 5490 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0HWTX8
Memory	5.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200114
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 17:03
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	78%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 592 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81% 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. 26.21.14.4575 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.23% Terrible	Lighting 1.27 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.22 1% 1.29 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 2.65 2% 1.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 1.23% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 11,857 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11001101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 525 515 542 505 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 950 Write 986 Mixed 905 SusWrite 519 189% 840 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 67.1 223% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 667 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 618 431% 547 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 194%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3E1 Kingston KHYXPX-MIE 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 16.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 65%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5490

CPU
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples	125x
Core i7-10510UIntelBench 56%, 51,080 samples	105x
Core i3-10110UIntelBench 47%, 11,481 samples	13x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples	202x
GeForce MX230NvidiaBench 10%, 6,801 samples	35x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples	6x

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

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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