Dell Precision 15 5520 - Specs

  • Sharp SHP1453 (LQ156M1) (Dell Precision 15 5520)
  • Color accuracy  4.6  1.3
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 1000GB SSD + up to 500GB HDD
  • RAM
  • up to 32GB
  • OS
  • Windows 10 Pro, Windows OS
  • Battery
  • 97 Wh, 56Wh, 4-cell, 56Wh, 3-cell, 56Wh, 3-cell, 56, 56Wh, Lithium-Ion, 3-cell, 97Wh, 8333 mAh, Li-Po, 56
  • Body material
  • Aluminum, Carbon
  • Dimensions
  • 357 x 235 x 11.1 mm (14.06" x 9.25" x 0.44")
  • Weight
  • 1.78 kg (3.9 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
  • HDMI
  • VGA
  • DVI
  • Card reader
  • SD
  • Ethernet LAN
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ac
  • Bluetooth
  • 4.2
  • Audio jack
  • headphone/microphone
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • optional
  • Web camera
  • Backlit keyboard
  • Microphone
  • Speakers
  • Optical drive
  • Security Lock slot
  • Battery-status button

 

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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.

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CPU performance

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GPU performance

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Dell Precision 15 5520 in-depth review

The XPS series from Dell have been praised for their extraordinary design, build quality paired with performance. This has been proven to be a successful approach to the premium business segment and looks like Dell wants to bring the same concept into its professional mobile workstations. With the Precision 5520 (and its predecessor, the 5510), it's clear to see that the lineup is receiving the XPS treatment and that's probably a good thing.Although the XPS 15 and the Precision 5520 look exactly the same, there are several key differences even in the design department. The XPS 15 remai[...]

Pros

  • Premium all-aluminum build with carbon fiber base
  • Thin, light, portable chassis
  • Good input devices
  • Excellent IPS display (conditionally suitable for color-sensitive work) - high peak brightness, extremely high contrast, wide sRGB coverage
  • The panel doesn't use PWM for regulating screen brightness
  • Outstanding battery runtimes

Cons

  • The cooling system can't withstand heavy workloads for long periods of time (near 100% CPU and GPU usage)
  • Pricey