Dell Inspiron 5579

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 7%
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.28% 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 Drive52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
SystemDell Inspiron 5579  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 07P65C
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200831
Uptime10.1 Days
Run DateApr 22 '21 at 00:44
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User CRI-User
Background CPU8%
CPU Throttled 90%

 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 i7-8550U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Memory 86.1
1-Core 122
2-Core 240
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 375
8-Core 354
49% 364 Pts
64-Core 344
21% 344 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Dell(1028 0808) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
5.28% Terrible
Lighting 5.9
Reflection 7.1
Parallax 7
5% 6.67 fps
MRender 6.7
Gravity 6
Splatting 9.3
6% 7.33 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.28%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba KSG60ZMV512G M.2 2280 512GB
289GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ABDA4101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 299 220 249 199 209 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
52.2% Above average
Read 282
Write 304
Mixed 238
SusWrite 233
60% 264 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 57.5
4K Mixed 8.1
51% 24.1 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 212
176% 249 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 108%
SDXC Card 128GB
70GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 24 24 24 22 24 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
19.2% Very poor
Read 30.7
Write 23.7
Mixed 16.4
SusWrite 23
30% 23.5 MB/s
4K Read 7.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 2.9
214% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 19.2%
Great: 45%
ADATA SH14 1TB
159GB free, PID a14a
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 64 61 64 64 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
26.4% Poor
Read 54.5
Write 39.7
Mixed 39.2
SusWrite 63.1
66% 49.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 26.4%
Great: 42%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
42.1% Average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 14.6
MC Mixed 12.1
40% 13.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 15.3
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 42.1%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron 5579 Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5579

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