Dell Inspiron 7520

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Dell Inspiron 7520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0PXH02
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '16 at 10:56
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 147 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 210 28% 210 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0572) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 2.78 3% 4.04 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.65 4% 4.69 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB-$120 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 17 356482285628 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1597029812 (F7) Unknown 100 100 50356922 (F8) Unknown 100 100 36200954	61.3% Good	Read 484 Write 253 Mixed 349 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 15 50% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 49.4 91% 182 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 842GB free Firmware: 2AR20004 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 88 3064 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3796 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4741 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 349 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3667 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 16354610 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 261 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 88356 (C2) HDA temperature 64 32 292058103843 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1828 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 4719 (F1) Unknown 87 84 18490100 (F2) Unknown 86 84 19709739 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	57% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.4 Mixed 105 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.M16 1x8GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 32%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 7520

CPU
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	217x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	144x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	63x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	442x
Radeon HD 7700MAMDBench 6%, 367 samples	18x
Radeon HD 7730MAMDBench 4%, 191 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
SH564128FH8NZQNSCG 2x4GBSmartBench 50%, 805 samples	41x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	33x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16