The Intel Core i5-2540M is a mobile processor of the Core i5 (Sandy Bridge) generation, launched on Feb 1st, 2011. It comes with 2 cores and 4 threads, clocked at 2600 MHz and consumes up to 35 Watts.
Blender is the most popular 3D content creation software. It has its own Benchmark, which is widely used to determining the rendering performance of processors and graphics cards. Benchmark measures the time needed to render bmw27 scene.