Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.53% 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 Drive148% 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 0V030K
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190925
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 02 '20 at 20:15
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9980HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 79.8
1-Core 134
2-Core 259
86% 158 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 864
80% 668 Pts
64-Core 1204
74% 1204 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 95%
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)
6.53% Terrible
Lighting 6.13
Reflection 52
Parallax 8.28
5% 22.2 fps
MRender 9
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 16.3
10% 10.9 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.53%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pm981a NVMe Samsung 256GB
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15302029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 493 385 395 401 403 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 923
Write 1,144
Mixed 747
SusWrite 510
187% 831 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 56.7
179% 60.8 MB/s
DQ Read 759
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 792
518% 619 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 148%
Great: 260%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
43.4% Average
MC Read 15.2
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 12.3
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 17.3
SC Mixed 14.6
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 81
49% 81 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 43.4%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5540 Builds (Compare 1,735 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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