Dell Inspiron 7548

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 7548 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0AM6P0
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '21 at 01:14
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5500U 73,655 User benchmarks, average bench 46% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 63.2 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 132 56% 94 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 223 30% 221 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz) 231,498 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 066E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.15% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.4 Parallax 4.1 3% 3.37 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5 4% 4.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.15% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 244 201 245 190 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 437 Write 280 Mixed 243 SusWrite 212 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 19.6 90% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 171 144% 209 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GB 30,873 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 16 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 57%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 7548

CPU
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples	230x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples	46x

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	266x
Radeon R7 M265AMDBench 6%, 945 samples	8x
Radeon R7 M270AMDBench 5%, 124 samples	1x

SSD
LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 4,915 samples	13x
LCH-256V2S-11 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonBench 79%, 1,558 samples	13x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	7x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	63x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples	29x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	16x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16