Dell Inspiron 5490

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.61% 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	158% 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.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 78% 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 5490 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NDT7Y
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 14:23
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	78%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10510U 51,080 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 449 56% 429 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0955) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9894 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 8.1 5% 11.3 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 10.7 7% 8.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 11,857 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 731 576 530 578 668 661 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 900 Write 946 Mixed 907 SusWrite 624 190% 844 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 63.6 216% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 331 255% 356 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 194%
SDXC Card 128GB 9,908 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 55GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 27.4 Write 22.2 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 24.8 33% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.5 158% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3E1 Samsung M471A1K43DB1-CTD 12GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 12.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 52: 7R 5G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
52%	61%	23	149	97	60	14"	1536 864	AUO453D

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5490

CPU
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples	125x
Core i7-10510UIntelBench 56%, 51,080 samples	105x
Core i3-10110UIntelBench 47%, 11,481 samples	13x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples	202x
GeForce MX230NvidiaBench 10%, 6,801 samples	35x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples	6x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBBc511Bench 147%, 11,857 samples	35x
NVMe KIOXIA 512GBKbg40zns512gBench 148%, 15,775 samples	30x
SN520 NVMe WDC 512GBPCBench 145%, 5,261 samples	21x

RAM
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK HMA851S6DJR6N-VK 8GBHynixBench 64%, 116 samples	22x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 8GBHynixBench 58%, 808 samples	21x
SF4642G8CK8IEHLSBG 1x16GBUnknownBench 44%, 1,721 samples	11x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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