Dell Precision 3530
workstation
2018
15.6"
dGPU
⏱ ~7h
⚖️ 2.00 kg
⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
54
out of 100
Fit for you
52/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_mobility
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Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
58
Core i5-8300H
GPU
26
Quadro P600
RAM max
32 GB
DDR4
Battery
68 Wh
~7h
Price
$357
market
Age
8 years
2018
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 54/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (100), weakest — Gaming (37).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (100) · Photo & design (82)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $357, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $5.3/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $357 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $1.3/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$229/year (10%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
54
CPU score
58
Mainstream tier
GPU score
26
Light tier
RAM max
32 GB
Professional
Weight
2.00 kg
Standard
Battery
68 Wh
Large tier
Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.
CPU generation
8th generation · model year 2018 — matches the model year
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Full specifications
- Brand
- Dell
- Series
- Precision 3xxx (entry class)
- Type
- Workstation
- Release year
- 2018≈
- Screen size
- 15.6"
- Resolution
- 1366x768
- Panel type
- tn
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 8300H , Intel Core i7 8850H , Intel Core i5 8400H
- Graphics
- Quadro P600 , Quadro P600 4GB
- RAM (max)
- 32 GB DDR4
- Weight
- 2.00 kg
- Ports
- 7
- Backlit keyboard
- ✓
- Webcam
- ✓
- TPM (security)
- ✓
- Battery
- 68 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 11 variants across 6 categories
🖥 Displays (1)
1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
• Igpu (1)
Intel UHD Graphics 620
⚙ Processors (3)
Intel Core i5 (8th Gen) 8300H
Intel Core i7 (8th Gen) 8850H
Intel Core i5 (8th Gen) 8400H
🔲 Memory (2)
8 GB (1 x 8 GB)
16 GB (1 x 16 GB)
🎮 Graphics (2)
Quadro P600
Quadro P600 4GB
💾 Storage (2)
256 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe
512 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe
Performance metrics
Performance
45
Portability
40
Light office
74
Gaming
37
Creative
47
Energy efficiency
60
Connectivity
100
Value
64
Color accuracy
—
Processors (3)
Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | FPS (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | 81 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 80 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Fortnite | 45 | ⚠ Playable |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40 | ⚠ Playable |
| Battlefield 5 | 35 | ⚠ Playable |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35 | ⚠ Playable |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 25 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 14 | ✗ Low |
💡 16 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
115%
GPU
37%
RAM
400%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
288%
GPU
511%
RAM
800%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
164%
GPU
85%
RAM
400%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
576%
GPU
256%
RAM
800%
Fortnite
✓ Runs well
CPU
105%
GPU
160%
RAM
400%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
511%
RAM
800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
102%
RAM
533%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
53%
RAM
267%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
192%
GPU
91%
RAM
400%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
64%
RAM
533%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
128%
GPU
85%
RAM
200%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
511%
RAM
800%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
73%
RAM
400%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
37%
RAM
200%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
73%
RAM
400%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
576%
GPU
511%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
511%
RAM
800%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
39%
RAM
400%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
128%
GPU
85%
RAM
400%
Far Cry 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
116%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
142%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
128%
GPU
73%
RAM
400%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
144%
GPU
82%
RAM
400%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
230%
GPU
511%
RAM
800%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
107%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
115%
GPU
62%
RAM
400%
Escape from Tarkov
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
102%
RAM
400%
God of War
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
107%
RAM
400%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
262%
GPU
85%
RAM
400%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
230%
GPU
82%
RAM
400%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
192%
GPU
85%
RAM
400%
Doom Eternal
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
128%
RAM
400%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✓ Runs well
CPU
320%
GPU
128%
RAM
533%
Hitman 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
128%
RAM
400%
Flight Simulator 2020
✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
102%
RAM
400%
Watch Dogs Legion
✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
107%
RAM
400%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
230%
GPU
91%
RAM
533%
Anno 1800
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
128%
RAM
400%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
480%
GPU
256%
RAM
533%
The Division 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
102%
RAM
400%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
230%
GPU
170%
RAM
400%
Hunt Showdown
✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
128%
RAM
533%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
192%
GPU
62%
RAM
400%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
128%
RAM
533%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
262%
GPU
85%
RAM
400%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✓ Runs well
CPU
137%
GPU
107%
RAM
267%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
164%
GPU
64%
RAM
200%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
192%
GPU
62%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
164%
GPU
73%
RAM
400%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
115%
GPU
64%
RAM
400%
Atomic Heart
✓ Runs well
CPU
180%
GPU
107%
RAM
400%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
137%
GPU
39%
RAM
200%
Black Myth Wukong
✓ Runs well
CPU
115%
GPU
107%
RAM
200%
Ghost of Tsushima
✓ Runs well
CPU
115%
GPU
107%
RAM
400%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
115%
GPU
64%
RAM
200%
Diablo 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
128%
RAM
400%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
128%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
115%
GPU
46%
RAM
400%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
180%
GPU
62%
RAM
400%
Lies of P
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
107%
RAM
400%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
115%
GPU
56%
RAM
267%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
256%
RAM
800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
320%
GPU
128%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✓ Runs well
CPU
288%
GPU
128%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
107%
RAM
400%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
320%
GPU
62%
RAM
400%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
164%
GPU
73%
RAM
400%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
256%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
320%
GPU
213%
RAM
400%
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