Dell Vostro 1540

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

CPU throttled at 36% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 1540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NHCFP
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 15:07
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	36%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 380-$130 21,755 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 53.5 1-Core 37.2 2-Core 29.9 30% 40.2 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 143 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0526) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.31% Terrible	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 0.4 Parallax 0.5 0% 0.4 fps	MRender 0.4 Gravity 1 Splatting 0.3 0% 0.57 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.31% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 85 84 91 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 204 Write 125 Mixed 156 SusWrite 86.9 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 19.7 76% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84.6 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 98.5 76% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 73%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 6.3 7.4 6.5 7 6.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 17.5 Mixed 18 SusWrite 7.1 21% 17 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.2 166% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AD80 HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 1x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.73 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 5.4 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 21%

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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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Typical Vostro 1540 Builds (Compare 82 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 1540

CPU
Core i3 M 380Intel $130Bench 40%, 21,755 samples	44x
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	23x
Core i5 M 480IntelBench 41%, 16,023 samples	9x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	82x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	5x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBCE80Bench 21%, 286 samples	6x
NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG 2x2GBNanyaBench 31%, 6,518 samples	4x
HMT325S6CFR8C-H9 2x2GBAD80Bench 22%, 30 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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