Dell Precision 5520

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.18% 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 Drive247% 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 5520  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 080VVT
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181002
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '19 at 21:51
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 113
2-Core 214
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 553
61% 479 Pts
64-Core 564
35% 564 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 82%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 07BF) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.18% Terrible
Lighting 6.7
Reflection 17.2
Parallax 7.03
6% 10.3 fps
MRender 5.95
Gravity 6.3
Splatting 13.6
8% 8.61 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.18%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1344 718 635 721 567 797 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
247% Outstanding
Read 2,093
Write 2,139
Mixed 1,423
SusWrite 797
361% 1,613 MB/s
4K Read 44.3
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 70.2
224% 80.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,079
DQ Write 914
DQ Mixed 958
728% 984 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 247%
Great: 267%
Micron 1100 SATA 1024GB
954GB free
Firmware: M0DL022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 374 377 376 389 395 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
94.3% Outstanding
Read 402
Write 433
Mixed 367
SusWrite 382
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 84.4
4K Mixed 38.1
132% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 340
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 313
236% 315 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston K821PJ-HYA 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
44.7% Average
MC Read 16.1
MC Write 15.5
MC Mixed 12.9
42% 14.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 14
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 44.7%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5520 Builds (Compare 2,584 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 5520

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $46
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