Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics6.79% 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 Drive121% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 07C17G
Memory7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200511
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 11 '20 at 05:50
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
68.5% Good
Memory 69.9
1-Core 94.3
2-Core 147
61% 104 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 565
57% 463 Pts
64-Core 732
45% 732 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7985
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.79% Terrible
Lighting 6.87
Reflection 41.8
Parallax 8.5
6% 19.1 fps
MRender 7.95
Gravity 7.23
Splatting 16
9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.79%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 512GB
402GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22001050 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 718 746 633 730 723 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 433
Write 724
Mixed 439
SusWrite 699
130% 574 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 55.1
4K Mixed 41.5
133% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 594
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 606
408% 500 MB/s
Poor: 101%
This bench: 121%
Great: 215%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
45.7% Average
MC Read 17.3
MC Write 16.9
MC Mixed 13.5
45% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 14.6
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 45.7%
Great: 48%

 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%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 5540

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