Dell Inspiron 15 5501

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.89% 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 Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 66% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 15 5501 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 06TT8N
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 17:35
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%
CPU Throttled	66%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-1065G7 58,314 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 84% 155 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 534 61% 478 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Plus G7 52,498 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 09E9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8935 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	9.89% Terrible	Lighting 11.1 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 13.9 9% 13.1 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 14.4 12% 14 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.89% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm991 NVMe Samsung 512GB 2,686 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 25307039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 220 199 184 161 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 850 Write 413 Mixed 428 SusWrite 201 104% 473 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 38.3 148% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 312 254% 364 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 198%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GB 69,946 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 28.9 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 26.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 103%

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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 8%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Inspiron 15 5501

CPU
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	146x
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples	133x

GPU
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples	116x
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples	110x
GeForce MX330NvidiaBench 14%, 4,518 samples	53x

SSD
NVMe KIOXIA 512GBKbg40zns512gBench 148%, 15,775 samples	80x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBBc511Bench 147%, 11,857 samples	64x
NVMe Samsung 512GBPm991Bench 115%, 2,686 samples	18x

RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 44%, 3,256 samples	95x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 7,504 samples	47x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples	47x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16