Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.89% 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 Drive136% 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 07C17G
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200511
Uptime30.9 Days
Run DateMay 04 '21 at 22:13
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 78.7
1-Core 91.7
2-Core 134
62% 101 Pts
4-Core 350
8-Core 544
55% 447 Pts
64-Core 689
43% 689 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8935
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
5.89% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 44.1
Parallax 8.6
5% 19.6 fps
MRender 7.5
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 11.6
8% 8.83 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.89%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB
396GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 841 823 687 920 914 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
136% Outstanding
Read 816
Write 998
Mixed 923
SusWrite 834
202% 893 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 66.6
4K Mixed 27.9
116% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 531
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 595
386% 456 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 136%
Great: 285%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
44.3% Average
MC Read 16
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 12.9
43% 14.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 15.9
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 83
48% 83 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 44.3%
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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