Dell Latitude E6540

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

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

System	Dell Latitude E6540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0CYT5F
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140218
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 19:49
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 180 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 548 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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. 10.18.10.3574 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Axiom Signature Series III SSD 240GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 61 53 79 89 45 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.1% Above average	Read 235 Write 197 Mixed 186 SusWrite 74.4 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 27.4 102% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 160 126% 171 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 79%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 9GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 14 15 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 86.3 Write 36.3 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 14.6 63% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 61%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 931GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 110 111 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 110 129% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 42%
ASMT 2115 480GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 447GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 251 213 85 87 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 256 Write 218 Mixed 206 SusWrite 161 278% 210 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 22.8 2,193% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 26.9 2,950% 35 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 198%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KN2M64-ETF 2x8GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 59%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Latitude E6540

CPU
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	600x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	534x
Core i7-4610MIntelBench 58%, 4,524 samples	377x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2,186x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples	104x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	38x
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	68x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16