Dell Latitude E6540

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Latitude E6540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 14:47
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4810MQ-$400 26,927 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 0.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Memory 40.5 1-Core 15.5 2-Core 30.5 20% 28.8 Pts	4-Core 58.7 8-Core 80.5 9% 69.6 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 75%

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: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	2.78% Terrible	Lighting 2.77 Reflection 4.77 Parallax 4.66 2% 4.06 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 1.67 Splatting 5.61 4% 4.55 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.78% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 34 31 29 32 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 322 Write 320 Mixed 285 SusWrite 58.6 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 14.4 47% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 117 128% 209 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 118%
Samsung SM841 mSATA 256GB 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 48GB free Firmware: DXM44D6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 80 103 163 222 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 330 Write 194 Mixed 202 SusWrite 136 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 13 44% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 98.9 106% 176 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GB 30,591 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 5.6 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 200 20% 200 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 58%

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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	600x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	533x
Core i7-4610MIntelBench 58%, 4,524 samples	377x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2,184x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples	104x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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