Dell Inspiron 545

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 14.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Boot Drive	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell Inspiron 545 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T287N
Memory	0.9 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 15:02
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5355 228 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Memory 24.1 1-Core 17.2 2-Core 18.1 14% 19.8 Pts	4-Core 29.7 8-Core 31.5 4% 30.6 Pts	64-Core 29.2 2% 29.2 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45432164057388 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1242 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3343 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 37 57 68723212325 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1242 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5374 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 120006 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 120006 (F2) Unknown 100 100 128237 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3947	31.3% Below average	Read 194 Write 188 Mixed 188 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 8.44 36% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 29.7 DQ Mixed 11.1 13% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 89%
Jmicron Generic 40GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 37GB free Firmware: 8101 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 23.9 Write 24.2 Mixed 24.3 18% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.63 4K Write 3.33 4K Mixed 2.78 522% 3.25 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	7.62% Terrible	MC Read 2.5 MC Write 2.8 MC Mixed 2.7 8% 2.67 GB/s	SC Read 1.4 SC Write 1.5 SC Mixed 0.8 4% 1.23 GB/s	Latency 292 14% 292 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 26%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 39%

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Workstation 4%

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System: Dell Inspiron 545

CPU
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	20x
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	19x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	14x

GPU
Radeon HD 4300ATIBench 1%, 14,988 samples	9x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	5x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	32x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	18x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	10x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $86

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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