Let me first say that I don't have experience using Premiere CC for video editing, but I do support the software in our company for those employees that do. On paper, the 6440 is on the lower end of the specs spectrum for editing 4k (see Adobe's recommended specs for 4k editing). However, the performance of Adobe's software greatly increases with CPU speed, disk speed and supported graphics card, as the software can use those hundreds of graphic cores to boost performance. As the E6440 probably has an Intel onboard graphics controller of some sort, you will be able to use it to your advantage by configuring the software to use it to boost performance. Just make sure you use the latest drivers! The SSD will help, but 256 Gb will fill up quickly. What I do worry about is the performance of your 4th gen CPU. It's 2 generations behind the minimum requirements for using Premiere Pro. This will probably be the biggest bottleneck.
To conclude this: Premiere Pro will probably work and you can edit your 4k video, but the user experience will not be the best it can be. Just one way to find out: try it.
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January 3rd, 2019 02:00
First of all, the 6440 support up to 16 Gb RAM max (see Dell technical specifications).
Let me first say that I don't have experience using Premiere CC for video editing, but I do support the software in our company for those employees that do. On paper, the 6440 is on the lower end of the specs spectrum for editing 4k (see Adobe's recommended specs for 4k editing). However, the performance of Adobe's software greatly increases with CPU speed, disk speed and supported graphics card, as the software can use those hundreds of graphic cores to boost performance. As the E6440 probably has an Intel onboard graphics controller of some sort, you will be able to use it to your advantage by configuring the software to use it to boost performance. Just make sure you use the latest drivers! The SSD will help, but 256 Gb will fill up quickly. What I do worry about is the performance of your 4th gen CPU. It's 2 generations behind the minimum requirements for using Premiere Pro. This will probably be the biggest bottleneck.
To conclude this: Premiere Pro will probably work and you can edit your 4k video, but the user experience will not be the best it can be. Just one way to find out: try it.
Good luck!
Mark