Dell Inspiron 5559

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics3.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemDell Inspiron 5559  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0WTXH9
Memory8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160825
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 15 '21 at 05:40
Run Duration239 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 91%

 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 i5-6200U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
53% Above average
Memory 72.4
1-Core 27.6
2-Core 25.2
33% 41.7 Pts
4-Core 228
8-Core 34.2
22% 131 Pts
64-Core 135
8% 135 Pts
Poor: 17%
This bench: 53%
Great: 55%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06B2) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
3.14% Terrible
Lighting 5.7
Reflection 4.8
Parallax 6.1
5% 5.53 fps
MRender 0.3
Gravity 0.3
Splatting 0.2
0% 0.27 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.14%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
772GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0P3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 81 80 90 75 65 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
31.6% Below average
Read 37.2
Write 37.3
Mixed 14.5
SusWrite 72.9
29% 40.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 31.6%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KNWMX1-MIN Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6P1 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
38.7% Below average
MC Read 17.8
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 11.4
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 4.8
SC Write 8
SC Mixed 6.6
18% 6.47 GB/s
Latency 95.8
42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 38.7%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron 5559 Builds (Compare 2,472 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5559

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28
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