Dell Latitude E6540

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Latitude E6540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0CYT5F
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140102
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '18 at 10:25
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 184 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 484 53% 418 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05BE) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 9.18.10.3204 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Lighting 5.03 Reflection 6.77 Parallax 5.78 4% 5.86 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 8.04 5% 6.49 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 921814 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1600 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1051575 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2025041	93.7% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 407 Mixed 433 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 35 120% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 98.3 123% 219 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 101%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 905GB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 83.7 Write 83 Mixed 66.2 98% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KNWMX1-ETB 2x4GB 3,650 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 9.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 56%

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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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Typical Latitude E6540 Builds (Compare 2,302 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E6540

CPU
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	602x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	536x
Core i7-4610MIntelBench 58%, 4,524 samples	377x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2,191x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples	104x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	140x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	111x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	69x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16