Dell Inspiron 5579

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.9% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

CPU throttled at 90% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5579 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 07P65C
Memory	5.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210506
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '21 at 15:05
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 250 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 488 55% 429 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0808) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8854 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.7% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 4.8 Parallax 5.9 4% 5.2 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 5.7 Splatting 8.8 6% 7.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.7% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871b 2.5 7mm 512GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 279 319 344 325 324 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 406 Mixed 358 SusWrite 316 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 40.3 134% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 333 255% 347 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 80CE000080CE M471A1K43CB1-CRC 12GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 13.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	15.5"	1280 720	LGD051F

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5579

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	185x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	78x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	263x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 512GBSKBench 87%, 5,047 samples	25x
PM871b 2.5 7mm 512GBSamsungBench 97%, 796 samples	13x
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 73%, 16,265 samples	12x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	32x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,726 samples	28x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	16x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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