Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0H579X
Memory	6.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 08:49
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium 2127U 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 44% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	47% Average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 97 48% 75.3 Pts	4-Core 95.2 8-Core 90.1 12% 92.6 Pts	64-Core 94.8 6% 94.8 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz) 28,701 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	0.83% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.38 0% 1.09 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 1.07 Splatting 3.52 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.83% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 56 35 68 80 84 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 78.2 Write 95.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 62 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-018.A00LF SNY1600S11-4G-EDEG 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.6% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 12.7 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.2 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Inspiron 3521 Builds (Compare 1,935 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	655x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	340x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,520x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	268x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16