Dell Latitude E6540

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 83% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Latitude E6540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0725FP
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 16:40
Run Duration	99 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%
CPU Throttled	83%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4610M 4,524 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 84.8 1-Core 48.6 2-Core 79.8 48% 71.1 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 164 19% 150 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05BE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim32.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4483 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.39% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 2.38 1% 2.03 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.39% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1489 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 41 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4370 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7635772134 (F2) Unknown 99 99 18108904695	56% Above average	Read 496 Write 253 Mixed 318 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 11 66% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 46.6 DQ Mixed 10.6 14% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GB 50,921 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 32%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Latitude E6540

CPU
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	599x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	532x
Core i7-4610MIntelBench 58%, 4,524 samples	377x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2,182x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples	104x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	140x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	111x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	68x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16