Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DXYP6
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 00:08
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4030U 24,177 User benchmarks, average bench 45% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 55.6 2-Core 92.5 50% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 150 20% 147 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0651) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 5.75 4% 4.87 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 6.52 4% 4.31 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 121 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 35 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 669031733
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 376GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 94 42799720 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 181608537 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 102035538056258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2088 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 610 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22419 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 30064771102 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 -47304769793041 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19603146292 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23847817285 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.9% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 93.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.18 52% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-078.A00LF 1x8GB 844 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	853x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	677x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	361x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,989x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	175x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	137x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	347x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	243x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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