Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive184% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0WWHJ2
Memory16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190925
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 20 '20 at 13:30
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9850H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 89.8
1-Core 129
2-Core 228
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 744
74% 603 Pts
64-Core 958
59% 958 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Cards 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)
7.15% Terrible
Lighting 6.93
Reflection 114
Parallax 8.25
6% 43.1 fps
MRender 12.4
Gravity 6.93
Splatting 16.1
10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.15%
Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 145
Parallax 153
121% 149 fps
MRender 156
Gravity 142
Splatting 104
106% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 134%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95
236GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 651 683 637 669 673 683 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 1,489
Write 712
Mixed 881
SusWrite 666
208% 937 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 59.3
189% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 825
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 606
430% 564 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 184%
Great: 410%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT16G4SFD824A.C16FDD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
78.1% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 23.9
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 31.6
SC Mixed 25.1
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 67.5
59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5540 Builds (Compare 1,735 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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System: Dell Precision 5540

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