Dell Precision 5520

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.57% 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	98.6% 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.

System	Dell Precision 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 080VVT
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '23 at 13:54
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HQ 33,920 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 56.3 1-Core 30.4 2-Core 169 45% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 468 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 07BF) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2115 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.57% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 7.8 Parallax 7.1 5% 6.97 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 9.9 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.57% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 315 315 314 315 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 695 Write 570 Mixed 702 SusWrite 323 128% 573 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 25.3 89% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 593 DQ Write 468 DQ Mixed 598 429% 553 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 167%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 466GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 143 145 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 53.2 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 145 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KMKYF9-MIB 2x8GB 272 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.7 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.8 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 86%

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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: 0P 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	70	58	60	15.6"	1536 801	SHP1453

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell Precision 5520

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	1,561x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	427x
Xeon E3-1505M v6IntelBench 70%, 4,124 samples	310x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	1,219x
Quadro M1200NvidiaBench 15%, 4,250 samples	677x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	330x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	260x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	127x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	103x

RAM
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	349x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	260x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	172x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $46

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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