Dell Precision 7540 and 7740 Owner's Thread

For me it's a sort of professional bias: I need to know the limits of what I'm 'driving', even 'computationally' speaking

 

Ok so here are my system 7540 results after installing 2 ssds and upgrading my ram, and reinstalling windows
Laptop is under a cooling pad, cpu roughly tested basic undervolt of 0.1v (might be able to go more, have not tested) (Laptop running on power brick)

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7540 current windows 1903
Intel Core i7-9750H
32GB Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C20 2x16GB
4k Screen
Nvidia Quadro RTX 3000
1TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS
1TB Intel 660P

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CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2018
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Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 1TB     Temps 34C - 56C

   Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) :  3528.365 MB/s
  Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) :  3011.461 MB/s
  Random Read 4KiB (Q=  8,T= 8) :  1431.789 MB/s [ 349557.9 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KiB (Q=  8,T= 8) :  1642.337 MB/s [ 400961.2 IOPS]
  Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) :   416.192 MB/s [ 101609.4 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) :   346.320 MB/s [  84550.8 IOPS]
  Random Read 4KiB (Q=  1,T= 1) :    39.724 MB/s [   9698.2 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KiB (Q=  1,T= 1) :   109.683 MB/s [  26778.1 IOPS]

  Test : 1024 MiB [C: 7.1% (66.1/930.9 GiB)] (x2)  [Interval=5 sec]
    OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 18362] (x64)

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CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2018
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Intel 660P 1TB     27C - 47C

   Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) :  1761.298 MB/s
  Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) :  1752.725 MB/s
  Random Read 4KiB (Q=  8,T= 8) :   590.278 MB/s [ 144110.8 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KiB (Q=  8,T= 8) :   934.919 MB/s [ 228251.7 IOPS]
  Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) :   450.586 MB/s [ 110006.3 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) :   414.383 MB/s [ 101167.7 IOPS]
  Random Read 4KiB (Q=  1,T= 1) :    51.893 MB/s [  12669.2 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KiB (Q=  1,T= 1) :   121.287 MB/s [  29611.1 IOPS]

  Test : 1024 MiB [D: 4.1% (38.8/953.9 GiB)] (x2)  [Interval=5 sec]
    OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 18362] (x64)

HWMonitor
single core Temps 37C - 105C
package 1.8W - 89.8W (undervolt 0.1v)
max single core 4491Mhz
all core 4-4.1Ghz
970 evo plus 1Tb Temps 36C - 56C
intel 660p 1Tb Temps 28C - 47C
Nvidia Temps 37C - 62C
Ambient 27C-28C

Recorded through
Geekbench 4
UserBenchmark
CrystalDiskMark

USerBenchmark

     Before      After
CPU     82%      89.7%
GPU     67%      68.6%
Drive  202%      277%
Mem    41.4%     99%

Current GeekBench
CPU     SC --- 5189   MC ---  22760
GPU RTX 3000  ----  200319

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/19192520
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/19746385
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/4502168
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/14495010

 

I agree.
I don't see much wrong with that, I think its an important aspect as to what one should expect. I would even say you could benchmark with battery saving mode just so you know at lowest speeds what your system is equivalent to, and that can help an individual prioritize and know the limits of the system, what to run or what not to run, when plugged vs battery vs say battery saving mode on etc...

 

I'm not quite sure which GPU I'm taking yet.

In the Gaming-Benchmarks the RTX 4000 (mobile) is better than the RTX 5000, why?
https://technical.city/en/video/Quadro-RTX-4000-mobile-vs-Quadro-RTX-5000-mobile

I also want to play something Games, most older Games (Strategy, Simulation), but if i could play play newer Games "Elite Dangerous, GTA V " that would be nice.

 

First off... that 'benchmark' site is very unreliable.

Secondly, the RTX 4000 and RTX 5000 in the Precision 7740 have the same power limit. Performance between the two GPUs will be neck and neck, despite one GPU having so many more shaders than the other.

 

Ok
Which would you recommend, i play from time to time, but i want to use this workstation the next 4-5 years.

 

RTX 4000 sounds like a good deal. If you'll be satisfied with 1080p 60 FPS gaming, even the RTX 3000 will be sufficient.

 

Messed with some undervolting system locks at -0.170v but runs at -0.165v on my 7540 with the
i7-9750H only ran Cinebench R20 and highest I got was close to 3000
It will idle at max boost all cores almost, and in R20 for a period will run at 4Ghz all cores, 90W then power throttles to 75W and runs rest at about 3.7Ghz
also here is AIDA 64 cachmem

 

@va123 nice results, seems aligned to what you should expect from your system spec.
Do you use throttlestop?

 

I used intel ETU
Would throttlestop give me more options?