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Dell Inspiron 15 5515 laptop review: Enduring office notebook with untapped potential

Solid workhorse. Dell's Inspiron 15 5515 is an office notebook that comes in a simple and sleek design, accompanied by up to 4.3 GHz of fast AMD Ryzen 7 power and a rather large battery. In this review, we put the laptop through its paces.

The Dell Inspiron 15 5515 in the H8P8F configuration is an affordable office notebook grounded in AMD's Ryzen 7 5700U. The manufacturer combines the octa-core CPU with 8 GB of RAM, does without a dedicated graphics solution, and installs everything in a plainly designed, 15.6-inch clamshell case.

Our review reveals how well the Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F performs under testing and in practice. The laptop has to compete against two rivals with the same CPU: the Acer Aspire 5 A515 and the Asus VivoBook 15 with an OLED panel. Several other rivals also join the fray, most of which have slightly weaker processors and should not be able to keep up with our review candidate. In theory, at least. 

Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F (Inspiron 15 5000 Series)
Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U 8 x 1.8 - 4.3 GHz, 27 W PL2 / Short Burst, 11 W PL1 / Sustained, Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
Graphics adapter
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) - 512 MB VRAM, Core: 1900 MHz, Memory: 1200 MHz
Memory
8 GB 
, DDR4 SDRAM Single-Channel
Display
15.60 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel, BOE NV15N4V, IPS, glossy: no, 60 Hz
Mainboard
AMD Promontory/Bixby FCH
Storage
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe, 512 GB 
, 315 GB free
Soundcard
AMD Raven/Renoir/Van Gogh/Cezanne/Rembrandt/Raphael - HD Audio Controller
Connections
3 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 0 USB 3.1 Gen2, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: Combo, Card Reader: SD, 1 Fingerprint Reader
Networking
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.0
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 18 x 356 x 229 ( = 0.71 x 14.02 x 9.02 in)
Battery
54 Wh Lithium-Polymer
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Camera
Webcam: 1
Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix HD-Cam (1.280 x 720, 30 fps)
Additional features
Speakers: Stereo, Keyboard: Chiclet, Keyboard Light: yes, 65 Watt Charger, 12 Months Warranty
Weight
1.632 kg ( = 57.57 oz / 3.6 pounds), Power Supply: 322 g ( = 11.36 oz / 0.71 pounds)
Price
720 Euro
Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.

 

Possible Competitors in Comparison

Rating
Date
Model
Weight
Height
Size
Resolution
Best Price
84.7 %
07/2022
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
R7 5700U, Vega 8
1.6 kg18 mm15.60"1920x1080
81 %
02/2022
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
R7 5700U, Vega 8
1.7 kg18 mm15.60"1920x1080
80.7 %
04/2022
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
R7 5700U, Vega 8
1.8 kg18.6 mm15.60"1920x1080
82.6 %
05/2022
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
R5 5500U, Vega 7
1.6 kg16.9 mm15.60"1920x1080
79.9 %
01/2022
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
1.7 kg18.99 mm15.60"1920x1080
83.5 %
07/2022
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
1.9 kg19 mm15.60"1920x1080

Case & Equipment: Plain Dell notebook made of aluminum

The Dell Inspiron 15 5515 comes in an aluminum shell, simply designed and in the Platinum Silver color. The choice of materials gives the device a high-quality feel, reflecting an equally professional manufacturing process. The hinges holding the monitor are quite taut, but still allow for one-handed opening. The base lifts slightly when opened.

In terms of dimensions, the device is ahead in the class of 15.6-inch contenders, so it is one of the most compact notebooks. It also leads in terms of weight, recording around 1.6 kg. Together with the power adapter, it weighs just under 2 kg. Not so heavy after all. 

All ports are distributed on the left and right side of the case. An SD card reader is also among them, but lags behind the majority of the comparison field in terms of data rates. WLAN speeds, on the other hand, are decent. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same of the HD camera (1280x720 at 30 fps) with its dual-array microphones, which captures solid images, but not particularly accurately with an average DeltaE of just over 25 colors.

After unscrewing the baseplate, you can change the battery, clean the fan and increase the RAM thanks to a free slot.

Size Comparison

363.4 mm / 14.3 inch 250.5 mm / 9.86 inch 18 mm / 0.709 inch 1.7 kg3.8 lbs359.8 mm / 14.2 inch 235.3 mm / 9.26 inch 18.6 mm / 0.732 inch 1.8 kg3.97 lbs358.5 mm / 14.1 inch 235.56 mm / 9.27 inch 18.99 mm / 0.748 inch 1.7 kg3.65 lbs356 mm / 14 inch 229 mm / 9.02 inch 19 mm / 0.748 inch 1.9 kg4.09 lbs357.8 mm / 14.1 inch 229.9 mm / 9.05 inch 16.9 mm / 0.665 inch 1.6 kg3.54 lbs356 mm / 14 inch 229 mm / 9.02 inch 18 mm / 0.709 inch 1.6 kg3.6 lbs297 mm / 11.7 inch 210 mm / 8.27 inch 1 mm / 0.03937 inch 5.7 g0.01257 lbs
Left: 1x power connector, 1x HDMI 1.4, 1x USB 3.1 Type-A (Gen 1), 1x USB 3.1 Type-C (Gen 1)
Left: 1x power connector, 1x HDMI 1.4, 1x USB 3.1 Type-A (Gen 1), 1x USB 3.1 Type-C (Gen 1)
Right: 1x SD card reader, 1x USB 3.1 Type-A (Gen 1), 1x 3.5 mm audio port (combo)
Right: 1x SD card reader, 1x USB 3.1 Type-A (Gen 1), 1x 3.5 mm audio port (combo)
SD Card Reader
average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs)
Average of class Office
  (8 - 196.8, n=50, last 2 years)
55.6 MB/s +112%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60)
38.8 MB/s +48%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60)
26.2 MB/s
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60)
21 MB/s -20%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7 (AV Pro V60)
19.4 MB/s -26%
maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB)
Average of class Office
  (26.4 - 173.2, n=44, last 2 years)
65.2 MB/s +80%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60)
36.6 MB/s +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60)
36.2 MB/s
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7 (AV Pro V60)
27.4 MB/s -24%
Networking
iperf3 transmit AX12
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
1278 (677min - 1303max) MBit/s
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
  (447 - 1645, n=127)
1104 MBit/s
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
MediaTek MT7921
967 (953min - 976max) MBit/s
Average of class Office
  (280 - 1332, n=6, last 2 years)
810 MBit/s
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Realtek 8822CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC
653 (332min - 700max) MBit/s
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless Network Adapter
307 (226min - 327max) MBit/s
iperf3 receive AX12
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
1684 (1604min - 1725max) MBit/s
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
  (523 - 1684, n=128)
1191 MBit/s
Average of class Office
  (348 - 1690, n=6, last 2 years)
852 MBit/s
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
MediaTek MT7921
721 (561min - 788max) MBit/s
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Realtek 8822CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC
625 (608min - 637max) MBit/s
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless Network Adapter
333 (310min - 348max) MBit/s
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
  (1347 - 1700, n=5)
1536 MBit/s +3%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
1489 (1474min - 1506max) MBit/s
Average of class Office
  (609 - 1782, n=49, last 2 years)
1471 MBit/s -1%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
MediaTek MT7921
609 (521min - 739max) MBit/s -59%
iperf3 receive AXE11000
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
1413 (1346min - 1465max) MBit/s
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
  (832 - 1722, n=17)
1383 MBit/s
Average of class Office
  (104.2 - 1752, n=85, last 2 years)
1245 MBit/s
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
  (1006 - 1696, n=5)
1388 MBit/s +38%
Average of class Office
  (685 - 1961, n=48, last 2 years)
1372 MBit/s +36%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
1006 (731min - 1153max) MBit/s
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
MediaTek MT7921
829 (733min - 892max) MBit/s -18%
050100150200250300350400450500550600650700750800850900950100010501100115012001250130013501400145015001550160016501700Tooltip
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200; iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1006 (731-1153)
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200; iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1488 (1474-1506)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200; iperf3 receive AX12; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1684 (1604-1725)
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless Network Adapter; iperf3 receive AX12; iperf 3.1.3: Ø333 (310-348)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200; iperf3 transmit AX12; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1256 (677-1303)
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless Network Adapter; iperf3 transmit AX12; iperf 3.1.3: Ø307 (226-327)
ColorChecker
26.6 ∆E
25.8 ∆E
28.5 ∆E
33.3 ∆E
32.4 ∆E
29.1 ∆E
24.3 ∆E
31.8 ∆E
23.6 ∆E
29.5 ∆E
19.9 ∆E
25.5 ∆E
24.4 ∆E
27.4 ∆E
27.3 ∆E
15.3 ∆E
28.7 ∆E
33.5 ∆E
2.3 ∆E
11.8 ∆E
23.1 ∆E
27.8 ∆E
32.6 ∆E
17.3 ∆E
ColorChecker Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F: 25.08 ∆E min: 2.33 - max: 33.51 ∆E
ColorChecker
6.1 ∆E
7.2 ∆E
5.9 ∆E
6.6 ∆E
7.3 ∆E
5.6 ∆E
8.5 ∆E
6 ∆E
7.9 ∆E
2.7 ∆E
4.6 ∆E
4.5 ∆E
6.2 ∆E
2.9 ∆E
6.9 ∆E
3.7 ∆E
5.1 ∆E
5.1 ∆E
4.1 ∆E
3.6 ∆E
4.4 ∆E
6.2 ∆E
4.5 ∆E
6.8 ∆E
ColorChecker Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U: 5.51 ∆E min: 2.66 - max: 8.53 ∆E

Input Devices: The large keyboard impresses

Dell utilitzes nearly all of the 15.6-inch device's dimensions, installing a keyboard and numpad which correspond to the width of the entire case - apart from the near 1.5 cm thin edges on the left and right. This allows for roughly 1.7x1.7 cm keys that are easy to type on. Noise development remains within limits.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the touchpad, which has been placed slightly off-center under the space bar. The two click surfaces on the lower edge, which are not haptically separated from each other, produce clearly audible feedback. Otherwise operation is impeccable: fingers glide well over the smooth and haptically pleasant surface.

Dell places the usual additional functions for controlling the three-stage (bright, dark, off) keyboard backlight, media playback and more on the F1 to F12 keys. A fingerprint sensor is also located on the top right.

Display: Neither bright nor color accurate

Pixel grid
Pixel grid
Light clouding and stronger IPS glow
Light clouding and stronger IPS glow

The 15.6-inch display with an aspect ratio of 16:9 has a Full HD resolution (1920x1080). It is matte and thus basically suitable for outdoor use. Unfortunately, the rather negligible brightness values of approximately 240 cd/m² throws a spanner in the works. So there are more suitable devices for regular outdoor use. We also noticed PWM flickering at 1250 Hz at a set brightness of 90% and below, which shouldn't cause any problems in everyday use.

Otherwise the performance of the IPS panel from BOE is average in most of the measured values, sometimes even better than the comparison models - apart from Asus' OLED model, of course. However, the weak color space coverage and the rather large deviation in color reproduction are clear points of criticism. The display is therefore unsuitable for professional graphics and video editing - this also applies to the rest of the hardware...

248
cd/m²
257
cd/m²
252
cd/m²
231
cd/m²
251
cd/m²
236
cd/m²
229
cd/m²
240
cd/m²
223
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
BOE NV15N4V tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 257 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 240.8 cd/m² Minimum: 16 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 87 %
Center on Battery: 251 cd/m²
Contrast: 1091:1 (Black: 0.23 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 5.14 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5
ΔE Greyscale 1.08 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
54.37% sRGB (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
37.79% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
37.79% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
54.37% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
36.58% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.43
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
BOE NV15N4V, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
CEC PANDA LM156LF-CL13, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Samsung ATNA56YX03-0, OLED, 1920x1080, 15.60
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
B156HAN02.8, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
BOE NV15T06, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Dell INSPIRON LGD06A6, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60
Display
4%
138%
16%
9%
74%
Display P3 Coverage
36.58
38.09
4%
99.9
173%
42.3
16%
40.1
10%
64.1
75%
sRGB Coverage
54.37
57.3
5%
100
84%
63.4
17%
58.8
8%
92.8
71%
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage
37.79
39.35
4%
97.6
158%
43.7
16%
41.5
10%
66.2
75%
Response Times
14%
95%
-14%
26%
29%
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% *
44 ?(22, 22)
38 ?(18, 20)
14%
2 ?(1, 1)
95%
51.2 ?(23.6, 27.6)
-16%
31.6 ?(17.2, 14.4)
28%
31.6 ?(14.4, 17.2)
28%
Response Time Black / White *
31 ?(16, 15)
27 ?(14, 13)
13%
2 ?(1, 1)
94%
34.4 ?(18.8, 15.6)
-11%
24 ?(14, 10)
23%
21.6 ?(11.1, 10.5)
30%
PWM Frequency
1250 ?(90)
Screen
1%
448%
-26%
-51%
-47%
Brightness middle
251
229
-9%
366
46%
299
19%
239.9
-4%
298
19%
Brightness
241
224
-7%
371
54%
280
16%
230
-5%
285
18%
Brightness Distribution
87
73
-16%
96
10%
89
2%
87
0%
86
-1%
Black Level *
0.23
0.12
48%
0.01
96%
0.2
13%
0.21
9%
0.4
-74%
Contrast
1091
1908
75%
36600
3255%
1495
37%
1142
5%
745
-32%
Colorchecker dE 2000 *
5.14
3.76
27%
1.9
63%
5.2
-1%
6.34
-23%
3.68
28%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *
18.41
5.97
68%
4.26
77%
20.8
-13%
21.03
-14%
7.39
60%
Greyscale dE 2000 *
1.08
3.01
-179%
1.27
-18%
4.1
-280%
5.1
-372%
5.3
-391%
Gamma
2.43 91%
2.41 91%
2.44 90%
2.2 100%
2.41 91%
2.102 105%
CCT
6534 99%
6484 100%
6338 103%
6548 99%
6169 105%
6143 106%
Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998)
37.79
Color Space (Percent of sRGB)
54.37
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated *
4.44
2.3
4.2
2.08
2.61
Total Average (Program / Settings)
6% / 4%
227% / 322%
-8% / -14%
-5% / -25%
19% / -7%

* ... smaller is better


CalMAN - Grayscale
CalMAN - Grayscale
CalMAN - Color Checker
CalMAN - Color Checker
CalMAN - Color saturation
CalMAN - Color saturation

Display Response Times

Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.
       Response Time Black to White
31 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined↗ 16 ms rise
↘ 15 ms fall
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers.
In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 81 % of all devices are better.
This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (21.6 ms).
       Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
44 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined↗ 22 ms rise
↘ 22 ms fall
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers.
In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 69 % of all devices are better.
This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (33.9 ms).

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.
Screen flickering / PWM detected 1250 Hz ≤ 90 % brightness setting

The display backlight flickers at 1250 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 90 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting.

The frequency of 1250 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering.

In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 18110 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured.


The Dell Inspiron 15 5515 in the sun ...
The Dell Inspiron 15 5515 in the sun ...
and in the shade.
and in the shade.

Performance: The Dell Inspiron 15 5515 wastes potential with the AMD Ryzen 7

The present review sample is equipped with the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with eight cores, the integrated AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 iGPU, 8 GB DDR4 RAM (single-channel) and a 512 GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.

Alternatively, Dell also offers the Inspiron 15 with the same CPU with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage. The model series is also available with a number of other processors from AMD and Intel.

CPU-Z
CPU-Z
GPU-Z
GPU-Z
HWiNFO64
HWiNFO64

Testing Conditions

Dell provides the AMD CPU with 27 watts PL2 (Short Burst) and 11 watts PL1 (Sustained). The Dell software does not offer different performance modes. Testing was mostly carried out under the Windows performance modes "Best Performance" and "Standard" in the AMD Radeon software.  

Processor

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700U octa-core CPU consists of eight Zen 2 cores, so not of the new Zen 3 architecture. The cores have a maximum clock of 4.3 GHz and a base clock of 1.8 GHz. The processor, launched in early 2021, offers 8 MB of level 3 cache.

The CPU starts very strongly in the Cinebench R15 endurance test, but then falls behind the performance of the competing models with the same CPU and even below the Huawei MateBook D 15 with the weaker AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. On the other hand, it clearly outperforms the other two Dell models.

This also reflected in the CPU's performance rating, since it has to concede defeat to the aforementioned competitors and usually ranks below the CPU average. At least in the Cinebench multi-core benchmarks, the Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F performs very well.

Cinebench R15 Multi Sustained Load

075150225300375450525600675750825900975105011251200127513501425Tooltip
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F AMD Ryzen 7 5700U: Ø1318 (1231-1485.99)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U: Ø1338 (1241.5-1374.76)
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W AMD Ryzen 7 5700U: Ø1391 (1343.59-1481.76)
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U: Ø1299 (1279.14-1314.71)
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511 Intel Core i5-1135G7: Ø665 (655.8-671.77)
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus Intel Core i5-11400H: Ø1125 (1069.8-1220.78)
CPU Performance Rating: Percent
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
CPU Performance Rating
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
78.2 pt
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
 
77.6 pt
Average of class Office
 
77.3 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
74.5 pt
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
73 pt
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
70.8 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
69.9 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
53.2 pt
Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
8836 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (7438 - 10139, n=17)
8788 Points -1%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
8722 Points -1%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
8194 Points -7%
Average of class Office
  (1056 - 15743, n=122, last 2 years)
7946 Points -10%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
7772 Points -12%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7693 Points -13%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
4425 (4243.83min - 4425.31max) Points -50%
Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
1459 Points +24%
Average of class Office
  (529 - 1995, n=121, last 2 years)
1441 Points +22%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
1331 Points +13%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1267 Points +8%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (1177 - 1268, n=17)
1254 Points +7%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1253 Points +6%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1180 Points 0%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1177 Points
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
3370 Points +5%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (2309 - 3877, n=18)
3323 Points +3%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
3215 Points
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
3149 Points -2%
Average of class Office
  (356 - 5904, n=120, last 2 years)
3055 Points -5%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
3012 Points -6%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
2936 Points -9%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
1725 Points -46%
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
562 Points +14%
Average of class Office
  (181.3 - 764, n=120, last 2 years)
553 Points +13%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
514 Points +5%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
492 Points 0%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
491 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (478 - 494, n=18)
489 Points 0%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
488 Points -1%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
459 Points -7%
Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (1196 - 1691, n=17)
1489 Points 0%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1486 (1231min - 1485.99max) Points
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1482 Points 0%
Average of class Office
  (160.8 - 2642, n=120, last 2 years)
1380 Points -7%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1375 (1241.5min - 1374.76max) Points -7%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1315 (1279.14min - 1314.71max) Points -12%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
1221 (1069.8min - 1220.78max) Points -18%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
672 (655.8min - 671.77max) Points -55%
Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
219 Points +16%
Average of class Office
  (82.6 - 284, n=118, last 2 years)
215 Points +14%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
190 Points +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
188.9 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (184 - 190, n=16)
187.5 Points -1%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
186.4 Points -1%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
184 Points -3%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
177.6 Points -6%
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
668 Seconds * -82%
Average of class Office
  (214 - 2844, n=121, last 2 years)
543 Seconds * -48%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
419 Seconds * -14%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
371 Seconds * -1%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
370 Seconds * -1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
367 Seconds *
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (292 - 402, n=17)
344 Seconds * +6%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
338 Seconds * +8%
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
40898 MIPS +26%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (32529 - 47501, n=17)
40709 MIPS +25%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
36498 MIPS +12%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
35448 MIPS +9%
Average of class Office
  (4226 - 62349, n=121, last 2 years)
34257 MIPS +5%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
32529 MIPS
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
27615 MIPS -15%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
20181 MIPS -38%
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
5094 MIPS +12%
Average of class Office
  (2233 - 6687, n=122, last 2 years)
4967 MIPS +9%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
4620 MIPS +2%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
4587 MIPS +1%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (4476 - 4620, n=17)
4562 MIPS 0%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
4541 MIPS
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
4533 MIPS 0%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
4356 MIPS -4%
Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core
Average of class Office
  (1018 - 11980, n=123, last 2 years)
6503 Points +53%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
6301 Points +48%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (4254 - 7635, n=16)
6212 Points +46%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5591 Points +31%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
5017 Points +18%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
4679 Points +10%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
4254 Points
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
3500 Points -18%
Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core
Average of class Office
  (510 - 1974, n=123, last 2 years)
1452 Points +31%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
1396 Points +26%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1197 Points +8%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1183 Points +7%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (1105 - 1205, n=16)
1183 Points +7%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
1147 Points +4%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1105 Points
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1093 Points -1%
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
10.1 fps +45%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (6.97 - 12.1, n=17)
9.76 fps +40%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
9.44 fps +35%
Average of class Office
  (1.55 - 17.4, n=121, last 2 years)
9.04 fps +30%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
8.55 fps +23%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
8.48 fps +22%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
6.97 fps
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
5.51 fps -21%
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
66.2 s * -1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
65.4 s *
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
61.8 s * +6%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
61.4 s * +6%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
60.9 s * +7%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (52.4 - 68.5, n=17)
60.7 s * +7%
Average of class Office
  (31.3 - 117.5, n=121, last 2 years)
57.3 s * +12%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
52.3 s * +20%
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7
0.662 sec * -3%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
0.641 sec *
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
0.607 sec * +5%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H
0.605 sec * +6%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
0.599 sec * +7%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (0.567 - 0.641, n=17)
0.593 sec * +7%
Average of class Office
  (0.4244 - 1.397, n=120, last 2 years)
0.593 sec * +7%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
0.582 sec * +9%

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Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit
1486 Points
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit
37.4 fps
Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit
98 %
Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit
188.9 Points
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Performance Rating
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
89.6 pt
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
 
88.8 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
84.2 pt
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
79.1 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
77.6 pt
Average of class Office
 
72.6 pt
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
62.6 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
50.9 pt
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
10654 KRay/s +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
10500 KRay/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (5798 - 12346, n=17)
10434 KRay/s -1%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
9569 KRay/s -9%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
9191 KRay/s -12%
Average of class Office
  (763 - 24250, n=121, last 2 years)
8258 KRay/s -21%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
6118 KRay/s -42%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
5798 KRay/s -45%
AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (49225 - 69580, n=17)
59734 Points +2%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
59335 Points +2%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
58343 Points
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
57094 Points -2%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
52698 Points -10%
Average of class Office
  (4027 - 102228, n=121, last 2 years)
44139 Points -24%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
40926 Points -30%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
24206 Points -59%
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
2692 MB/s +40%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
1939 MB/s +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
1924 MB/s
Average of class Office
  (279 - 4442, n=120, last 2 years)
1911 MB/s -1%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (1103 - 2231, n=17)
1906 MB/s -1%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
1815 MB/s -6%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
1722 MB/s -10%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
1103 MB/s -43%
AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
91456 Points +3%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (57016 - 99178, n=17)
90139 Points +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
88852 Points
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
73462 Points -17%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
69549 Points -22%
Average of class Office
  (8031 - 113016, n=121, last 2 years)
66898 Points -25%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
57016 Points -36%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
46352 Points -48%
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
12551 Points +3%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (6837 - 14169, n=17)
12230 Points 0%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
12208 Points
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
10443 Points -14%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
7038 Points -42%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
6837 Points -44%
Average of class Office
  (404 - 14288, n=121, last 2 years)
6751 Points -45%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
4163 Points -66%
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
31167 Points +2%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (25889 - 36523, n=17)
31163 Points +2%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
30570 Points
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
29498 Points -4%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
27650 Points -10%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
24039 Points -21%
Average of class Office
  (2054 - 54365, n=121, last 2 years)
23288 Points -24%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
15793 Points -48%
AIDA64 / CPU AES
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
100645 MB/s +73%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
60984 MB/s +5%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
58543 MB/s +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
58026 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (34176 - 64646, n=17)
56213 MB/s -3%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
51845 MB/s -11%
Average of class Office
  (5226 - 147611, n=121, last 2 years)
47044 MB/s -19%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
34176 MB/s -41%
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (540 - 776, n=17)
662 MB/s +3%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
644 MB/s 0%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
643 MB/s
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
608 MB/s -5%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
586 MB/s -9%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
531 MB/s -17%
Average of class Office
  (67.6 - 1018, n=121, last 2 years)
525 MB/s -18%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
342 MB/s -47%
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
5825 KRay/s +2%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
5699 KRay/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (3247 - 6784, n=17)
5670 KRay/s -1%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
5293 KRay/s -7%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
5178 KRay/s -9%
Average of class Office
  (432 - 12755, n=121, last 2 years)
4405 KRay/s -23%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
3417 KRay/s -40%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
3247 KRay/s -43%
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
Average of class Office
  (4814 - 48177, n=121, last 2 years)
23709 MPixel/s +243%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
16887 MPixel/s +145%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (6903 - 24627, n=17)
16527 MPixel/s +139%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
16422 MPixel/s +138%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
10062 MPixel/s +46%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
9004 MPixel/s +30%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
8770 MPixel/s +27%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
6903 MPixel/s

System Performance

The fact that the Dell Inspiron 15 5515 does not exhaust the potential of its CPU can also be seen in the system benchmarks. Coupled with a manageable amount of RAM as well as a rather slow SSD, the result is only a midfield ranking in the end - and again behind the aforementioned contenders with 5700U/5500U CPUs from AMD. This is not even enough for a consistent ranking above the office average. Nevertheless, solid work with common applications is possible for this device class, such as office applications and the like.

PCMark 10 / Score
Average of class Office
  (2325 - 7157, n=105, last 2 years)
5312 Points +11%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
5253 Points +10%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (4775 - 5518, n=12)
5231 Points +10%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-11400H, Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
5136 Points +8%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
5070 Points +6%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
4861 Points +2%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
4775 Points
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1135G7, SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
4508 Points -6%
PCMark 10 / Essentials
Average of class Office
  (5095 - 20841, n=105, last 2 years)
9781 Points +17%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
9325 Points +12%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (8347 - 10091, n=12)
9141 Points +10%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
8850 Points +6%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
8824 Points +6%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1135G7, SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
8685 Points +4%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-11400H, Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
8610 Points +3%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
8347 Points
PCMark 10 / Productivity
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-11400H, Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
8149 Points +7%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
7822 Points +3%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (7001 - 8112, n=12)
7798 Points +2%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
7707 Points +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
7619 Points
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
7511 Points -1%
Average of class Office
  (3041 - 10198, n=105, last 2 years)
7439 Points -2%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1135G7, SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
6143 Points -19%
PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation
Average of class Office
  (1912 - 9056, n=105, last 2 years)
5732 Points +23%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (4583 - 5964, n=12)
5461 Points +18%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
5394 Points +16%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
5321 Points +15%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-11400H, Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
5242 Points +13%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1135G7, SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
4662 Points 0%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
4647 Points
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
4583 Points -1%
CrossMark / Overall
Average of class Office
  (348 - 1891, n=106, last 2 years)
1295 Points +33%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1129 Points +16%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1081 Points +11%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (976 - 1183, n=5)
1079 Points +11%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
976 Points
CrossMark / Productivity
Average of class Office
  (393 - 1870, n=106, last 2 years)
1315 Points +25%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1187 Points +13%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1129 Points +8%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (1048 - 1191, n=5)
1124 Points +7%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
1048 Points
CrossMark / Creativity
Average of class Office
  (340 - 1946, n=106, last 2 years)
1326 Points +41%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1066 Points +13%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (941 - 1197, n=5)
1060 Points +13%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1047 Points +11%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
941 Points
CrossMark / Responsiveness
Average of class Office
  (258 - 2017, n=106, last 2 years)
1170 Points +33%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1159 Points +32%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1044 Points +19%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (872 - 1159, n=5)
1017 Points +16%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
879 Points
PCMark 8 Home Score Accelerated v2
3927 points
PCMark 8 Creative Score Accelerated v2
5088 points
PCMark 8 Work Score Accelerated v2
5242 points
PCMark 10 Score
4775 points
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AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Average of class Office
  (7158 - 84290, n=122, last 2 years)
41766 MB/s +163%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
36105 MB/s +128%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (15867 - 39326, n=17)
33229 MB/s +109%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
33190 MB/s +109%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
20983 MB/s +32%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
20513 MB/s +29%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
17443 MB/s +10%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
15867 MB/s
AIDA64 / Memory Read
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
43613 MB/s +147%
Average of class Office
  (7325 - 75550, n=122, last 2 years)
42386 MB/s +140%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (17632 - 47190, n=17)
40214 MB/s +128%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
38615 MB/s +119%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
23920 MB/s +36%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
23172 MB/s +31%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
19716 MB/s +12%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
17632 MB/s
AIDA64 / Memory Write
Average of class Office
  (7579 - 94965, n=122, last 2 years)
45562 MB/s +294%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
39445 MB/s +241%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (11554 - 45188, n=17)
36299 MB/s +214%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
34686 MB/s +200%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
23866 MB/s +107%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
21862 MB/s +89%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
18722 MB/s +62%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
11554 MB/s
AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  (84.9 - 113, n=17)
98.6 ns * -0%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
98.5 ns *
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs
97.9 ns * +1%
Average of class Office
  (44.3 - 188.3, n=123, last 2 years)
96.8 ns * +2%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, Vega 7
96.3 ns * +2%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
95.9 ns * +3%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
95.9 ns * +3%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Vega 8
84.9 ns * +14%

* ... smaller is better

DPC Latency

Under testing, the Dell Inspiron 15 5515 revealed quite high latencies. Although this is only a snapshot, it can be taken as an indication of possible problems in real-time audio and video editing.

LatencyMon
LatencyMon
LatencyMon Drivers
LatencyMon Drivers
TaskManager
TaskManager
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1135G7, SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
4965 μs * -50%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
3312 μs *
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1363 μs * +59%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-11400H, Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
1311 μs * +60%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
971.8 μs * +71%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
657.2 μs * +80%

* ... smaller is better

Storage Devices

As already briefly mentioned, Dell did not do itself any favors by choosing the SSD from Toshiba, which reveals significant weaknesses in performance values and often lags behind the field - especially in the endurance test (i.e. Sustained Performance Read).

Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1: 1815 MB/s
CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1: 1280 MB/s
CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1: 331.4 MB/s
CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1: 389.6 MB/s
CDM 5 Read Seq: 1236 MB/s
CDM 5 Write Seq: 926.9 MB/s
CDM 5/6 Read 4K: 45.08 MB/s
CDM 5/6 Write 4K: 104.6 MB/s
Drive Performance Rating - Percent
Average of class Office
 
89.2 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
80.9 pt
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
76.3 pt
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
71.2 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
66.1 pt
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
61.5 pt
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
 
54.4 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
44.3 pt
DiskSpd
seq read
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
2542 (2520.15min - 2541.54max) MB/s +65%
Average of class Office
  (482 - 4315, n=105, last 2 years)
2431 MB/s +58%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
2061 (2047.34min - 2061.29max) MB/s +34%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
1989 (1975.76min - 1988.73max) MB/s +29%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (787 - 1903, n=14)
1600 MB/s +4%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
1536 (1503.31min - 1536.37max) MB/s
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1527 (1489.65min - 1526.63max) MB/s -1%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1295 (1286.45min - 1294.85max) MB/s -16%
seq write
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
2553 (2534.55min - 2553.28max) MB/s +92%
Average of class Office
  (333 - 5842, n=105, last 2 years)
2329 MB/s +75%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1746 (1730.05min - 1746.44max) MB/s +31%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1633 MB/s +23%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
1606 (786.43min - 1606.14max) MB/s +21%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
1331 (1216.01min - 1330.85max) MB/s
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (706 - 1528, n=14)
1315 MB/s -1%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1110 (1098.59min - 1109.52max) MB/s -17%
seq q8 t1 read
Average of class Office
  (535 - 7120, n=105, last 2 years)
3937 MB/s +81%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
3424 (3108.82min - 3423.67max) MB/s +57%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
3247 (2777.05min - 3247.02max) MB/s +49%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
3041 (2839.98min - 3041.29max) MB/s +39%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (2045 - 2412, n=14)
2320 MB/s +6%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
2181 (1887.86min - 2181.16max) MB/s
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
2050 (1950.48min - 2050.29max) MB/s -6%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1453 (1335.26min - 1452.88max) MB/s -33%
seq q8 t1 write
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
3143 (3121.03min - 3143.01max) MB/s +123%
Average of class Office
  (276 - 6791, n=105, last 2 years)
2949 MB/s +109%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1814 (1783.84min - 1813.68max) MB/s +29%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1644 (91.02min - 1643.75max) MB/s +17%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
1409 (1405.09min - 1408.87max) MB/s
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (561 - 1535, n=14)
1357 MB/s -4%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1158 (1150.7min - 1157.63max) MB/s -18%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
863 (536.43min - 862.72max) MB/s -39%
4k q1 t1 read
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
67.1 (66.59min - 67.05max) MB/s +77%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
64.4 (63.08min - 64.38max) MB/s +70%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
62.7 (62.4min - 62.68max) MB/s +65%
Average of class Office
  (17.7 - 89.9, n=105, last 2 years)
57.5 MB/s +52%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
54 (53.16min - 54.01max) MB/s +42%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (31.9 - 61.9, n=14)
50 MB/s +32%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
37.9 (36.98min - 37.92max) MB/s
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
33.5 (33.05min - 33.48max) MB/s -12%
4k q1 t1 write
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
205 (199.26min - 204.51max) MB/s +117%
Average of class Office
  (32 - 429, n=105, last 2 years)
160.5 MB/s +70%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
160.2 (157.59min - 160.19max) MB/s +70%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
157.7 (154.77min - 157.66max) MB/s +67%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
150 (149.25min - 150.43max) MB/s +59%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
141 (138.34min - 140.89max) MB/s +49%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (94.5 - 213, n=14)
134.9 MB/s +43%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
94.5 (92.8min - 94.54max) MB/s
4k q32 t16 read
Average of class Office
  (184.2 - 4425, n=105, last 2 years)
1247 MB/s +78%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (439 - 1381, n=14)
766 MB/s +9%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
717 (710.1min - 717.45max) MB/s +2%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
701 (671.64min - 700.93max) MB/s
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
667 (602.07min - 666.59max) MB/s -5%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
652 (649.9min - 651.87max) MB/s -7%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
616 (607.96min - 616max) MB/s -12%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
470 (468.8min - 469.86max) MB/s -33%
4k q32 t16 write
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1294 (447.45min - 1294.17max) MB/s +323%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1284 (1261.38min - 1283.61max) MB/s +320%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1025 (5.22min - 1024.72max) MB/s +235%
Average of class Office
  (192.2 - 3254, n=105, last 2 years)
927 MB/s +203%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
498 (475.55min - 497.83max) MB/s +63%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (306 - 794, n=14)
443 MB/s +45%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
411 (345.06min - 410.61max) MB/s +34%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
306 (300.02min - 306.18max) MB/s
AS SSD
Score Total
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
4061 Points +108%
Average of class Office
  (704 - 9204, n=102, last 2 years)
3911 Points +101%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
3751 Points +93%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
2928 Points +50%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
2597 Points +33%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (1685 - 3316, n=14)
2461 Points +26%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
2399 Points +23%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
1948 Points
Score Read
Average of class Office
  (252 - 3364, n=102, last 2 years)
1413 Points +72%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
1279 Points +55%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1264 Points +54%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (823 - 1558, n=14)
1232 Points +50%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
1218 Points +48%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
834 Points +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
823 Points
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
752 Points -9%
Score Write
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
2245 Points +206%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1851 Points +153%
Average of class Office
  (320 - 4111, n=102, last 2 years)
1818 Points +148%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1492 Points +104%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1164 Points +59%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
1044 Points +42%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
733 Points
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (335 - 1001, n=14)
644 Points -12%
Seq Read
Average of class Office
  (508 - 5796, n=102, last 2 years)
3122 MB/s +145%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
2499.75 MB/s +96%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
2138.92 MB/s +68%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
2136 MB/s +67%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
2023 MB/s +59%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1926 MB/s +51%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (1276 - 2086, n=14)
1871 MB/s +47%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
1276 MB/s
Seq Write
Average of class Office
  (304 - 5880, n=102, last 2 years)
2036 MB/s +272%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1719 MB/s +214%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1431.59 MB/s +161%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
1359.49 MB/s +148%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
1072 MB/s +96%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
845 MB/s +54%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (548 - 1124, n=14)
810 MB/s +48%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
548.03 MB/s
4K Read
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
60.67 MB/s +82%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
56.83 MB/s +71%
Average of class Office
  (18.7 - 91.1, n=102, last 2 years)
56.1 MB/s +68%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
54.9 MB/s +65%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
50.95 MB/s +53%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
49.68 MB/s +49%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (33.3 - 54.6, n=14)
45.8 MB/s +37%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
33.31 MB/s
4K Write
Average of class Office
  (35.4 - 350, n=102, last 2 years)
156.7 MB/s +122%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
145.18 MB/s +106%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
140.91 MB/s +100%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
132.18 MB/s +88%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
129.2 MB/s +83%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
122.4 MB/s +74%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (70.4 - 141.7, n=14)
110.9 MB/s +57%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
70.44 MB/s
4K-64 Read
Average of class Office
  (182.3 - 2713, n=102, last 2 years)
1044 MB/s +58%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
1027 MB/s +55%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
999.03 MB/s +51%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (662 - 1295, n=14)
997 MB/s +51%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
946.92 MB/s +43%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
662.17 MB/s
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
586 MB/s -12%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
441.48 MB/s -33%
4K-64 Write
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
1977.1 MB/s +225%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
1538.48 MB/s +153%
Average of class Office
  (132.3 - 3394, n=102, last 2 years)
1458 MB/s +140%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
1203.69 MB/s +98%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
928 MB/s +53%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
837 MB/s +38%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
608.11 MB/s
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (132.3 - 750, n=14)
452 MB/s -26%
Access Time Read
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
0.169 ms *
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
0.129 ms * +24%
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (0.058 - 0.169, n=14)
0.1024 ms * +39%
Average of class Office
  (0.022 - 0.295, n=102, last 2 years)
0.08214 ms * +51%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
0.082 ms * +51%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
0.071 ms * +58%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
0.057 ms * +66%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
0.039 ms * +77%
Access Time Write
Average Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
  (0.168 - 0.718, n=14)
0.4026 ms * -84%
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
0.301 ms * -37%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
0.219 ms *
Average of class Office
  (0.017 - 0.619, n=102, last 2 years)
0.06413 ms * +71%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
0.039 ms * +82%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
0.034 ms * +84%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
0.032 ms * +85%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
0.027 ms * +88%

* ... smaller is better

Sustained Performance Read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

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Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe: Ø1425 (1215.72-2359.72)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD: Ø1507 (1379.33-1517.39)
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ: Ø2846 (2563.44-2891.46)
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB: Ø2031 (1908.87-2040.42)
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511 SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N: Ø3384 (3159.33-3407.14)
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK: Ø3172 (2896.59-3242.41)

Graphics Card

A dedicated graphics solution cannot be expected in this price range and does not make sense for such an office model. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 iGPU provides sufficient performance for normal operation, even if, as in the case of the CPU, it clearly lags behind the competition as well as its own GPU average. Dell wastes further potential here.

The laptop's gaming qualities are not worth mentioning, since even older games hardly run smoothly on the worst graphics settings. At least the low performance hardly drops in battery mode and remains almost stable at 3,407 points in 3DMark 11.

3DMark Performance Rating - Percent
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-11400H
100 pt
Average of class Office
 
34.6 pt
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
 
34.2 pt
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
33.1 pt
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
29.2 pt
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
22 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1135G7
19 pt
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
17.6 pt
3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-11400H
15709 Points +354%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (3459 - 7591, n=53)
5920 Points +71%
Average of class Office
  (1474 - 12230, n=115, last 2 years)
5878 Points +70%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
5712 Points +65%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
4978 Points +44%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
4277 Points +24%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1135G7
3480 Points +1%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
3459 Points
3DMark
1280x720 Cloud Gate Standard Graphics
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-11400H
61608 Points +342%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (13941 - 36134, n=45)
26945 Points +93%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
25802 Points +85%
Average of class Office
  (5681 - 58068, n=98, last 2 years)
23871 Points +71%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
23669 Points +70%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
15477 Points +11%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
13941 Points
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1135G7
12824 Points -8%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-11400H
12445 Points +635%
Average of class Office
  (712 - 8815, n=117, last 2 years)
4072 Points +140%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (1694 - 5041, n=53)
3677 Points +117%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
3555 Points +110%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
3127 Points +85%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
2363 Points +39%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1135G7
1990 Points +17%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1694 Points
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-11400H
4490 Points +731%
Average of class Office
  (242 - 3186, n=113, last 2 years)
1323 Points +145%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (540 - 1557, n=53)
1156 Points +114%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1147 Points +112%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
963 Points +78%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1135G7
770 Points +43%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
757 Points +40%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
540 Points
3DMark 11 Performance
3353 points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score
13147 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score
1572 points
3DMark Time Spy Score
620 points
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The Witcher 3 - 1024x768 Low Graphics & Postprocessing
Average of class Office
  (8.4 - 149, n=102, last 2 years)
71.3 fps +162%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
  (27.2 - 89, n=46)
65.9 fps +142%
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
56 fps +106%
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
55.7 (9.97min, 16.2P0.1, 33.7P1) fps +105%
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
38.4 fps +41%
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
33.5 (3min) fps +23%
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
27.2 fps

Witcher 3 FPS Chart

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Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8: Ø7.07 (6-8)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 R7 5700U, Vega 8: Ø9.64 (8-11)
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W R7 5700U, Vega 8: Ø14.1 (12-16)
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U R5 5500U, Vega 7: Ø11.3 (8-13)
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU: Ø44 (24-46)
low med. high ultra
The Witcher 3 (2015) 27.2 19.6 8.7 7.07
Dota 2 Reborn (2015) 67.9 49.9 25.5 23.3
X-Plane 11.11 (2018) 26.9 21.1 19.1

Emissions & Energy Management: Pleasantly quiet and enduring Dell laptop

System Noise

The Dell Inspiron 15 5515 is silent in idle mode. Under load, the installed fan revs up to a maximum of 40 dB(A). This is audible, but not particularly annoying, especially since the noise is constant and does not fluctuate. Almost all other comparison devices are louder in operation. We did not detect any other kind of noise from the Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F.

Noise Level

Idle
25.4 / 25.4 / 25.4 dB(A)
Load
34 / 40 dB(A)
  red to green bar
 
 
30 dB
silent
40 dB(A)
audible
50 dB(A)
loud
 
min: dark, med: mid, max: light   Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance)   environment noise: 25.4 dB(A)
dB(A) 0102030405060708090Deep BassMiddle BassHigh BassLower RangeMidsHigher MidsLower HighsMid HighsUpper HighsSuper Highs203430.135.832.6342535.737.140.235.935.73144.344.9474644.34031.130.934.234.431.15034.433.934.13734.46324.727.126.630.524.78018.923.418.22018.910015.427.815.619.115.412516.633.918.319.416.616014.11916.615.914.12001317.915.413.81325013.315.6161313.331512.11714.812.912.140011.6211812.311.650011.121.221.512.211.163012.122.618.912.512.180011.524.620.112.211.510001225.32011.712125011.926.421.112.211.9160012.124.819.412.412.1200012.628.323.212.912.6250012.728231312.7315013.330.124.213.413.3400013.529.924.113.913.5500013.730.724.513.913.7630014.231.422.214.314.2800014.327.319.514.714.31000015.125.119.216.215.11250013.821.415.614.413.81600012.814.213.613.412.8SPL25.24034.125.625.2N0.63.31.90.70.6median 13median 25.1median 19.4median 13.4median 13Delta14.33.21.5129.23129.33629.233.835.537.636.933.84339.144.438.34335.832.640.132.435.827.632.830.734.527.627.629.128.622.527.617.518.717.716.217.516.61919.621.716.617.818.419.321.217.816.917.417.919.316.914.718.717.114.414.715.619.819.913.415.618.222.422.513.518.21621.321.915.51615.821.921.811.515.817.622.622.711.417.618.625.625.511.618.61926.326.511.51921.329.129.211.921.319.328.728.511.919.317.929.229.112.517.917.329.729.713.417.316.125.32514.116.115.426.626.713.615.414.725.524.913.614.714.323.123.313.914.31521.221.514.51516.122.121.615.116.11415.315.113.41413.413.31313.213.429.538.638.625.429.51.12.82.80.71.1median 16.1median 22.4median 22.5median 13.5median 16.11.63.63.51.51.6hearing rangehide median Fan NoiseDell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8FAcer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
Vega 8, R7 5700U, Intel SSD 670p SSDPEKNU512GZ
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
Vega 7, R5 5500U, Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1135G7, SK Hynix BC711 HFM256GD3GX013N
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-11400H, Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKBA512TFK
Noise
-4%
-6%
-2%
11%
-16%
off / environment *
25.4
25
2%
26
-2%
24.1
5%
23.2
9%
26
-2%
Idle Minimum *
25.4
25
2%
26
-2%
24.1
5%
23.3
8%
26
-2%
Idle Average *
25.4
25
2%
26
-2%
24.1
5%
23.3
8%
28
-10%
Idle Maximum *
25.4
29.5
-16%
26.2
-3%
28
-10%
23.3
8%
32
-26%
Load Average *
34
38.6
-14%
41.4
-22%
35.9
-6%
23.3
31%
47
-38%
Load Maximum *
40
38.6
3%
41.4
-4%
43.9
-10%
39.2
2%
48
-20%
Witcher 3 ultra *
35.9
31.5
46

* ... smaller is better

Temperature

The fact that Dell does not fully utilize the CPU has a negative impact on performance, but should be positive for temperature development. However, this is only conditionally true. The Acer Aspire 5 A515 with the same CPU stays cooler, for example. Under load, the Dell laptop heats up to 33 °C on average, with only the area in the front center of the display bordering on the critical range. The device reaches around 30 °C in idle mode - quite warm, but not too hot.

 30.9 °C
88 F
33.2 °C
92 F
31.5 °C
89 F
 
 30.5 °C
87 F
32.2 °C
90 F
27.4 °C
81 F
 
 27.1 °C
81 F
27.1 °C
81 F
26 °C
79 F
 
Maximum: 33.2 °C = 92 F
Average: 29.5 °C = 85 F
31.7 °C
89 F
33.7 °C
93 F
33.9 °C
93 F
25.1 °C
77 F
35.1 °C
95 F
30.9 °C
88 F
25.5 °C
78 F
26.9 °C
80 F
26.9 °C
80 F
Maximum: 35.1 °C = 95 F
Average: 30 °C = 86 F
Power Supply (max.)  37 °C = 99 F | Room Temperature 24 °C = 75 F | FIRT 550-Pocket
(±) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 33 °C / 91 F, compared to the average of 29.5 °C / 85 F for the devices in the class Office.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 39.4 °C / 103 F, compared to the average of 34.2 °C / 94 F, ranging from 21.2 to 62.5 °C for the class Office.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 45.4 °C / 114 F, compared to the average of 36.7 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 29.5 °C / 85 F, compared to the device average of 29.5 °C / 85 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 29.4 °C / 84.9 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(±) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 27.7 °C / 81.9 F (-1.7 °C / -3 F).
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
Intel Core i5-1135G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus
Intel Core i5-11400H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
Heat
6%
2%
12%
3%
-14%
Maximum Upper Side *
39.4
40
-2%
39.6
-1%
40.6
-3%
37.8
4%
50
-27%
Maximum Bottom *
45.4
42.8
6%
48.4
-7%
43.9
3%
55.6
-22%
51
-12%
Idle Upper Side *
33.2
32.4
2%
30.9
7%
25.6
23%
26.2
21%
38
-14%
Idle Bottom *
35.1
29.4
16%
32.3
8%
26.2
25%
32
9%
36
-3%

* ... smaller is better

Speakers

The installed stereo speakers deliver a solid result, but lack bass. Overall, the reproduction is quite linear and balanced, although not particularly loud at just under 82 dB.

dB(A) 0102030405060708090Deep BassMiddle BassHigh BassLower RangeMidsHigher MidsLower HighsMid HighsUpper HighsSuper Highs2033.632.633.62537.435.937.43147.34647.34034.334.434.35031.63731.66326.930.526.98018.82018.810023.919.123.912537.819.437.816042.215.942.220044.913.844.925058.31358.331563.312.963.340065.412.365.450066.912.266.963066.912.566.980069.912.269.910006911.769125066.612.266.6160067.912.467.920006312.963250063.61363.6315060.313.460.3400061.913.961.9500069.613.969.6630073.914.373.9800076.214.776.21000081.816.281.81250081.314.481.31600071.213.471.2SPL84.225.684.2N54.50.754.5median 66.6median 13.4median 66.6Delta6.61.56.626.325.821.422.12624.925.127.622.532.523.448.72655.818.860.922.167.2267019.372.317.674.217.774.319.575.31571.711.871.311.27410.574.21072.710.17210.67210.97511.374.811.671.71269.71269.612.371.112.669.61270.111.269.824.784.70.666.6median 12median 71.73.42.2hearing rangehide median Pink NoiseDell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8FApple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Pro
Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F audio analysis

(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (81.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 21.6% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (13.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 1.5% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 7% higher than median
(+) | highs are linear (6.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (18% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 24% of all tested devices in this class were better, 7% similar, 69% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 22%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 32% of all tested devices were better, 8% similar, 60% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Pro audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (84.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(+) | good bass - only 3.8% away from median
(+) | bass is linear (5.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 1.3% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (2.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 1.9% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (2.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (4.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 0% of all tested devices in this class were better, 0% similar, 100% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 18%, worst was 45%
Compared to all devices tested
» 0% of all tested devices were better, 0% similar, 100% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Power Consumption

Dell provides an adequately sized power supply of 65 watts with the Inspiron 15 5515. The device consumes up to 54 watts under load and a maximum of 8 watts in idle mode. In the stress test, the power consumption drops over time due to the lowered performance.

Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0.35 / 0.5 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 3.8 / 6.6 / 8 Watt
Load midlight 33.4 / 54 Watt
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Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Metrahit Energy
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.

Power consumption Witcher 3 / Stress test

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Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8; Witcher 3 ultra: Ø33.6 (31.8-39)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 R7 5700U, Vega 8; Witcher 3 ultra: Ø30.2 (27.3-38.8)
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU; Witcher 3 ultra: Ø100.1 (88.6-107.4)
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8; 1280x720 Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: Ø43.5 (36.9-57)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 R7 5700U, Vega 8; 1280x720 Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: Ø33.9 (23-39.2)
Dell Inspiron 15 Plus i5-11400H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU; 1280x720 Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: Ø110.3 (104.3-128.7)

Power consumption with an external monitor

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Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø28.1 (7.78-30.2)
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U R5 5500U, Vega 7; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø46.1 (44.8-52)
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø38.6 (37.6-46.6)
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U R5 5500U, Vega 7; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø48.4 (46-53.1)
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø27.5 (25.8-39.2)
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U R5 5500U, Vega 7; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø34 (32.8-37)
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø30 (27.6-33)
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U R5 5500U, Vega 7; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø33.9 (31.1-41.2)

Battery Life

Among the comparison models, the Dell notebook proves to be an marathon runner under testing. This is mainly thanks to the comparatively larger battery: Ten hours and more of surfing or media consumption are handled with ease. Even under load, the device lasts almost 2.5 hours - also thanks to the low power development.

Battery Runtime
WiFi Websurfing
10h 27min
WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness
8h 45min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p
10h 45min
Load (maximum brightness)
2h 24min
Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F
R7 5700U, Vega 8, 54 Wh
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1
R7 5700U, Vega 8, 48 Wh
Asus VivoBook 15 OLED M513UA-L1282W
R7 5700U, Vega 8, 42 Wh
Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U
R5 5500U, Vega 7, 56 Wh
Dell Inspiron 15 3505-PXHPW
R5 3450U, Vega 8, 42 Wh
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 3511
i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 40 Wh
Average of class Office
 
Battery Runtime
-14%
-38%
-16%
-57%
-42%
-6%
H.264
645
525
-19%
691 ?(348 - 1112, n=40, last 2 years)
7%
WiFi v1.3
627
652
4%
388
-38%
529
-16%
272
-57%
381
-39%
589 ?(272 - 1137, n=107, last 2 years)
-6%
Load
144
107
-26%
79
-45%
117 ?(56 - 209, n=65, last 2 years)
-19%
Reader / Idle
767
1414 ?(527 - 2359, n=23, last 2 years)

Pros

+ long battery runtimes
+ good keyboard
+ high-quality workmanship
+ relatively light
+ quiet

Cons

- throttled CPU / iGPU
- little RAM
- slow SSD
- relatively loud touchpad click noise
- weak webcam
- display could be better

Verdict: Dell Inspiron 15 5515 proves to be a solid office notebook

The Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F, provided by:
The Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F, provided by:

Thanks to the large battery, the battery life is one of the most positive aspects of the Dell Inspiron 15 5515. There is also the high-quality workmanship, a relatively light aluminum case and pleasant operation as well as the usual selection of ports.

The Inspiron 15 5515 is a good device for simple office work, but also has potential that remains under-utilized.

Dell does not fully exploit the potential of the CPU and iGPU. The SSD is also slow and the display could be brighter. But for the usual everyday work on a office notebook in this price range, these factors do not really negatively affect its appeal.

At the end of the day, the Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F recieves a solid rating that, aside from its gaming performance and camera, is reflected by the absence of any real abnormalities. If you're looking for more performance, you'll be happy with the Asus VivoBook 15 OLED or the Acer Aspire 5 A515, which are also equipped with the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U.

Price and Availability

At the time of writing (29.07.2022), availability of the Inspiron 15 5515 appears to be sporadic around the globe. We found, for example, a variant with beefier hardware specifications (16 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD) and Windows 11 Home in Canada via Amazon for CA$ 2,099.99. Readers are thus advised to check regularly (where applicable) via Dell's website or Amazon for availability. 

Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F - 07/26/2022 v7
Marcus Schwarten

Chassis
80 / 98 → 82%
Keyboard
88%
Pointing Device
82%
Connectivity
59 / 80 → 74%
Weight
67 / 20-75 → 86%
Battery
88%
Display
82%
Games Performance
55 / 78 → 70%
Application Performance
86 / 95 → 91%
Temperature
91%
Noise
95%
Audio
76%
Camera
35 / 85 → 41%
Average
76%
85%
Office - Weighted Average

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> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Reviews > Dell Inspiron 15 5515 laptop review: Enduring office notebook with untapped potential
Marcus Schwarten, 2022-07-29 (Update: 2022-07-29)