PC Status | Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. |
Processor | With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average. |
Graphics | 4.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics) |
Boot Drive | 26% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times. |
Memory | 6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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. |
System | Dell Studio 1749 (all builds) |
Motherboard | Dell 0KVMW2 |
Memory | 3.8 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz |
Display | 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors |
OS | Windows 10 |
BIOS Date | 20110324 |
Uptime | 0 Days |
Run Date | Feb 21 '19 at 21:00 |
Run Duration | 130 Seconds |
Run User | GBR-User |
Background CPU | 3% |
Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).
Processor | Bench | Normal | Heavy | Server |
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Intel Core i5 M 540
U2E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
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42.4%
Average
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Graphics Card | Bench | 3D DX9 | 3D DX10 | 3D DX11 |
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AMD Radeon HD 6500M
Dell(1028 041B) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0
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4.2%
Terrible
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Drives | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
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S528 SATA SSD 64GB
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2016S
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 79 63 64 68 65 MB/s
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26%
Poor
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Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23
393GB free
Firmware: AX003J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 111 109 110 MB/s
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62.7%
Good
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Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
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24%
Poor
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds
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CPU | |
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Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples | 10x |
Core i3 M 330IntelBench 38%, 14,119 samples | 4x |
Core i3 M 350Intel $199Bench 38%, 14,351 samples | 4x |
GPU | |
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Radeon HD 6500MAMDBench 3%, 12,937 samples | 20x |
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples | 7x |
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER | Value: 59% - Above average | Total price: $70 |