Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.15% 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 Drive111% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0FMYX6
Memory11.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210610
Uptime30.9 Days
Run DateSep 16 '21 at 01:04
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9880H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 82.9
1-Core 125
2-Core 214
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 773
74% 609 Pts
64-Core 913
56% 913 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8935
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
6.15% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 55.5
Parallax 8.4
5% 23.4 fps
MRender 10.1
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 11.6
8% 9.7 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.15%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc611 NVMe SK hynix 1TB
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11000111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 419 484 486 522 513 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 808
Write 520
Mixed 586
SusWrite 488
134% 601 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 38.8
124% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 299
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 238
176% 235 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 111%
Great: 284%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.7% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 23
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 26.8
SC Mixed 18.5
58% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 6: 1R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
6% 100% 2 7 4 60 24.1" 1280 720 LEN1144
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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