Dell Vostro 420 Series

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	36.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 420 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R038D
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091230
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 01:32
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 78.7 42% 63.9 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 157 21% 157 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.3% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 7.62 Parallax 8.97 7% 8.33 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.87 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q 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 95 95 22725 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3531 (B1) Unknown 83 83 166 (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 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1774524792	36.8% Below average	Read 258 Write 57.8 Mixed 73 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 10.8 68% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 76 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 24.7 31% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 120GB free Firmware: GKAOA51D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 101 101 55879729839 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 20550 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6962 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 21584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 21584 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 279173595172 (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 200 200 0	30.5% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 52.7 Mixed 67.7 44% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.36 84% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 46%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 125GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 87 87 4790 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15523 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11860 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 32130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6977 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 64 420478999 (C2) HDA temperature 76 63 454033432 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 151925 (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	54.7% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 99.9 Mixed 93.9 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 59%
Garmin GARMIN Flash 8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 0GB free, PID 272c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 3.3 Write 3.27 4% 3.28 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.3% Poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.4 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 95.3 42% 95.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 45%

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Typical Vostro 420 Series Builds (Compare 40 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

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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 $75Bench 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	25x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $245

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16