Dell Precision 5530

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.01% 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 Drive141% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision 5530  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0NFGCT
Memory3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190408
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 29 '19 at 12:25
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8850H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
78.4% Very good
Memory 73.2
1-Core 124
2-Core 240
80% 146 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 639
68% 545 Pts
64-Core 732
45% 732 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 087D) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.01% Terrible
Lighting 7.6
Reflection 10.3
Parallax 7.34
6% 8.42 fps
MRender 7
Gravity 6.9
Splatting 15.4
9% 9.78 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.01%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ca3-8d512-q11 NVMe LITEON 512GB
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C49110B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 687 335 310 319 313 331 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
141% Outstanding
Read 1,054
Write 1,059
Mixed 399
SusWrite 383
161% 724 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 22.2
4K Mixed 53.7
139% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 926
DQ Write 440
DQ Mixed 317
333% 561 MB/s
Poor: 98%
This bench: 141%
Great: 234%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43DB1-CTD 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
36.5% Below average
MC Read 13
MC Write 13.6
MC Mixed 10.8
36% 12.5 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 11.9
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 94.2
42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 36.5%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5530 Builds (Compare 2,470 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 5530

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