Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics36.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive153% 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 0WWHJ2
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200511
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 02 '21 at 22:23
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User SRB-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9850H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 79.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 242
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 808
78% 644 Pts
64-Core 942
58% 942 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro T2000
Dell(1028 0906) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6140
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
36.6% Below average
Lighting 45.3
Reflection 55.2
Parallax 43.5
37% 48 fps
MRender 37.3
Gravity 43.1
Splatting 48.7
36% 43 fps
Poor: 31%
This bench: 36.6%
Great: 49%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB
435GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 23000020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 809 903 941 929 981 967 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
153% Outstanding
Read 366
Write 942
Mixed 353
SusWrite 921
148% 646 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 52.3
172% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 834
DQ Write 431
DQ Mixed 911
602% 725 MB/s
Poor: 140%
This bench: 153%
Great: 321%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata AO1P26KCST2-BZISHC 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
48.4% Average
MC Read 17.7
MC Write 17.4
MC Mixed 13.8
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 17.2
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 82.1
49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 48.4%
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 1,747 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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