Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.46% 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 Drive172% 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
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200703
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateOct 27 '20 at 13:40
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th 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 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 83.3
1-Core 138
2-Core 271
90% 164 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 638
68% 542 Pts
64-Core 762
47% 762 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7985
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
6.46% Terrible
Lighting 6.07
Reflection 41.3
Parallax 7.03
5% 18.1 fps
MRender 12.3
Gravity 6.63
Splatting 14.4
9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.46%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 714 721 722 689 722 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 983
Write 1,922
Mixed 567
SusWrite 768
240% 1,060 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 48.3
162% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 936
DQ Write 661
DQ Mixed 708
553% 768 MB/s
Poor: 102%
This bench: 172%
Great: 223%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 859B0000802C CT8G4SFS8266.M8FD 16GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
83% Excellent
MC Read 32.5
MC Write 32.6
MC Mixed 23.4
84% 29.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 35.2
SC Mixed 26.5
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 74.7
54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 83%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5540 Builds (Compare 1,739 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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