Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.93% 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 Drive159% 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.
Run History
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 03G9D9
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200511
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 09 '20 at 01:42
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Memory 79.5
1-Core 141
2-Core 234
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 829
84% 682 Pts
64-Core 921
57% 921 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 89%
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)
6.93% Terrible
Lighting 6.93
Reflection 41.7
Parallax 8.56
6% 19 fps
MRender 9
Gravity 7.33
Splatting 16.1
9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.93%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 512GB
434GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22001050 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 710 769 837 887 882 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 936
Write 850
Mixed 757
SusWrite 817
189% 840 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 61.9
4K Mixed 46
149% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 802
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 789
526% 642 MB/s
Poor: 101%
This bench: 159%
Great: 215%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
48.5% Average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 17.1
MC Mixed 13.7
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 17.7
50% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 81.5
49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 48.5%
Great: 49%

 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%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 5540

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