Dell Precision 5540

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.46% 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 Drive181% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision 5540  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 07C17G
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190925
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 26 '19 at 11:09
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Memory 80.7
1-Core 105
2-Core 194
73% 127 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 623
58% 486 Pts
64-Core 792
49% 792 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0906) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6617
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.46% Terrible
Lighting 7.27
Reflection 41.3
Parallax 8.22
6% 18.9 fps
MRender 12.9
Gravity 7.43
Splatting 16.5
10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.46%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB
424GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 789 796 798 800 753 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
181% Outstanding
Read 812
Write 916
Mixed 722
SusWrite 846
186% 824 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 56.8
186% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 882
DQ Write 860
DQ Mixed 878
657% 873 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 181%
Great: 267%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 12066712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 117 117 118 120 119 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Read 159
Write 82.2
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 116
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.7
188% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
85.2% Excellent
MC Read 31.8
MC Write 34.5
MC Mixed 26.7
89% 31 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 24
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 79.2
50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.2%
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 1,735 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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