Dell Precision 3540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.06% 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 Drive161% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision 3540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0M14W7
Memory24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191226
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateFeb 15 '23 at 12:06
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8565U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 76.6
1-Core 126
2-Core 227
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 605
63% 507 Pts
64-Core 608
38% 608 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620
Dell(1028 08BA) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1338
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
6.06% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 20.8
Parallax 8.2
5% 11.7 fps
MRender 10.4
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 11.3
8% 9.6 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.06%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN730 WD 512GB
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 993 906 866 987 990 983 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
161% Outstanding
Read 674
Write 1034
Mixed 917
SusWrite 954
203% 895 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 42.8
168% 63 MB/s
DQ Read 738
DQ Write 382
DQ Mixed 786
524% 636 MB/s
Poor: 147%
This bench: 161%
Great: 260%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 80AD000080AD HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 32GB
2400, 2667 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63% Good
MC Read 23.9
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 20.1
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 17.4
49% 17.2 GB/s
Latency 87.1
46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 63%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 3540 Builds (Compare 144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 3540

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