Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.36% 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 Drive119% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0V030K
Memory40.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200511
Uptime18.5 Days
Run DateAug 10 '20 at 01:50
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 46%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9980HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
75.5% Very good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 94.4
2-Core 173
68% 117 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 553
58% 462 Pts
64-Core 909
56% 909 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7985
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.36% Terrible
Lighting 6.87
Reflection 55.1
Parallax 9.06
6% 23.7 fps
MRender 13
Gravity 7.77
Splatting 17.2
11% 12.6 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.36%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60pnv1t02 NVMe KIOXIA 1024GB
620GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10704103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 650 632 610 707 754 733 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 768
Write 764
Mixed 568
SusWrite 681
156% 695 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 42.7
4K Mixed 29.7
96% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 544
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 426
300% 388 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 119%
Great: 316%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMAA4GS6AJR8N-VK 2x31.5GB
2 of 2 slots used
63GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
81.9% Excellent
MC Read 30.5
MC Write 33.5
MC Mixed 25.6
85% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 23.3
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 76.6
52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 5540 Builds (Compare 1,742 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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