Dell Precision 15 5540
- HDD/SSD
- up to 4000GB SSD + up to 2000GB HDD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Home
- Battery
- 97Wh, 6-cell, 56Wh, 4-cell, 56Wh, 3-cell
- Body material
- Aluminum, Carbon
- Dimensions
- 353 x 235 x 11 mm (13.90" x 9.25" x 0.43")
- Weight
- 1.80 kg (4 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Thunderbolt 3, Power Delivery (PD)
- HDMI
- 2.0b
- Card reader
- SD
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ac
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- Audio jack
- 3.5 mm combo
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD IR
- Backlit keyboard
- Microphone
- Dual-Array Microphones
- Speakers
- 2 Speakers, MaxxAudio Pro
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
All Dell Precision 15 5540 configurations
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Office Work
Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Design and Gaming
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
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CPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Dell Precision 15 5540 series.
Results are from the Cinebench 20 Multi-core test (the higher the score, the better)
GPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Dell Precision 15 5540 series.
Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Dell Precision 15 5540 in-depth review
Dell seems to be really proud of its 15-inch XPS laptop design, as they not only used it for the XPS 15 7590 for the fifth year in a row, but they also use it do build the Precision 5540 around it. As they did for the Precision 5520 before that. No need for further ranting, however, because we are not here to discuss the internal politics of manufacturers, but to focus on the specific device and give you our honest take on it.So, what is the Precision 5540 and who is it for? Well, this notebook is a professional tool, for people that work with CAD software, video editors, programmers, des[...]
Pros
- Sturdy premium design, combining aluminum with carbon fiber
- Powerful hardware and a professional Quadro GPU inside
- M.2 supports PCIe x4 drives
- Easy to upgrade
- Covers 94% of sRGB and our Gaming and Web design profile makes it appropriate for color-sensitive work (SHP14BA (MWP1T-LQ156M1))
- Our Gaming and Web design profile helps it reach an Average dE of 0.7 (SHP14BA (MWP1T-LQ156M1))
- Optional IR face recognition and fingerprint reader
- Has an SD card slot and a Thunderbolt 3 port onboard
Cons
- High price
- Gets warm on the outside under heavy load
- Uses aggressive PWM to adjust the brightness until 140 nits (our Health-Guard profile fixes that) (SHP14BA (MWP1T-LQ156M1))