Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.9% 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 Drive159% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 07C17G
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190531
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateSep 25 '19 at 12:01
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User MUS-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 84.4
1-Core 138
2-Core 276
91% 166 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 789
76% 627 Pts
64-Core 1,041
64% 1,041 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6911
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.9% Terrible
Lighting 6.8
Reflection 42.2
Parallax 8.31
6% 19.1 fps
MRender 9.33
Gravity 7.37
Splatting 16.3
10% 11 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.9%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 1024GB
909GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22001010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 841 863 762 874 907 868 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 792
Write 894
Mixed 732
SusWrite 852
185% 817 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 64
4K Mixed 47
153% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 831
DQ Write 429
DQ Mixed 900
597% 720 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 159%
Great: 219%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
48.6% Average
MC Read 17.7
MC Write 17.3
MC Mixed 13.7
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 17.1
47% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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