Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.26% 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.
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 03G9D9
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190723
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateDec 09 '19 at 17:25
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9850H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
75.1% Very good
Memory 74.7
1-Core 120
2-Core 230
78% 142 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 618
63% 512 Pts
64-Core 786
49% 786 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
6.26% Terrible
Lighting 5.93
Reflection 41.1
Parallax 6.5
5% 17.8 fps
MRender 8.81
Gravity 7
Splatting 15.4
9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.26%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 256GB
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22001010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 445 351 257 214 213 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 589
Write 776
Mixed 552
SusWrite 337
127% 564 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 61.6
4K Mixed 45.3
146% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 706
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 736
477% 567 MB/s
Poor: 92%
This bench: 111%
Great: 193%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7
8GB free, PID 1666
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
1.24% Terrible
Read 4.5
Write 2.5
Mixed 3
SusWrite 2.6
4% 3.15 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 1.24%
Great: 23%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
45% Average
MC Read 16.6
MC Write 16.1
MC Mixed 12.9
43% 15.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 15.8
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 91.1
44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 45%
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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