Dell Vostro 420 Series

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.22% 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 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 Vostro 420 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R038D
Memory	2.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 18:05
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 38.2 2-Core 76.8 42% 63.2 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 152 20% 152 Pts	64-Core 154 10% 154 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 426 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 032B) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 307.68 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.22% Terrible	Lighting 2.27 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 0.34 2% 1.41 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.22% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 649GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 27.2 Mixed 28.7 22% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 3.35 4K Mixed 0.38 148% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 67%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 462GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 3 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11641 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1195 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 50 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 606076964 (C2) HDA temperature 63 62 622788645 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1696 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.3% Average	Read 78.5 Write 89.4 Mixed 86 64% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.45 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 74 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 117 100 17192648899 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5111889 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 91 91 655359 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 33620147 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 58 640286760 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 364 (C2) HDA temperature 150 146 180389937192 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 81 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 131 Mixed 127 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 342GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 16 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2863 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2783 (C2) HDA temperature 98 92 45 (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 200 191 0	75.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 116 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 7 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 28%

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Typical Vostro 420 Series Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

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Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 420 Series

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	3x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	3x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TBBench 98%, 11,576 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	24x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $230

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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16