Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.33% 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 Drive144% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0NFK19
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210304
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJun 02 '21 at 17:21
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User SVN-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing as expected (44th 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 2.95 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
74.7% Very good
Memory 79.2
1-Core 89.7
2-Core 191
68% 120 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 570
59% 474 Pts
64-Core 745
46% 745 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 89%
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)
6.33% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 44.2
Parallax 8.3
5% 19.6 fps
MRender 11.3
Gravity 7.3
Splatting 12.9
9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.33%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1013 379 400 404 408 407 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 865
Write 990
Mixed 791
SusWrite 502
177% 787 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 41
161% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 748
DQ Write 579
DQ Mixed 676
502% 668 MB/s
Poor: 97%
This bench: 144%
Great: 251%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KD48GS881-26N1900 80CE000080CE M471A1K43DB1-CTD 16GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
78.3% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 22.5
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 33.5
SC Mixed 22.3
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 82
49% 82 ns
Poor: 78%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 79%

 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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