Dell Inspiron 518

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.84% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 518 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K068D
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090330
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 06:30
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X3220-$99 790 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 27 2-Core 53.8 35% 49.8 Pts	4-Core 93.5 8-Core 99.1 13% 96.3 Pts	64-Core 99.2 6% 99.2 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% PNY(196E 104A) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.84% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 1.78 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 2.48 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 1.87 2% 2.19 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.84% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 133 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4623 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1901 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4623 (C2) HDA temperature 105 89 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 60 60 29327 (F1) Unknown 200 200 52313487136 (F2) Unknown 200 200 52248784897	46.5% Average	Read 90.5 Write 71.5 Mixed 28.5 46% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 147GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 2552 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4492134877 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 622460964 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 68719476772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 20 2552 (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 100 253 -79645873521248 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1564639975 (F2) Unknown 100 253 416684324	58.8% Above average	Read 113 Write 92.3 Mixed 30 57% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 19GB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 28 Mixed 30.2 38% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.22 55% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	16% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 4.7 14% 4.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 4.3 12% 4.37 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 44%

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Typical Inspiron 518 Builds (Compare 27 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 518

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	8x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	3x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	2x
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	2x

SSD
SSD 256GBBench 72%, 6,980 samples	1x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	1x
Solid State Disk 120GBSpccBench 59%, 22,489 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	7x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	6x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	4x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

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