Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.64% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

System	Dell Inspiron 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XWH1P
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '17 at 21:34
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3210M-$52 79,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 85.2 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 155 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 191 26% 191 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 056A) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.64% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 2.78 3% 4.05 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.65 4% 4.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.64% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: D005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2579244 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 367333442 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2345 (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 52 42 1018764918832 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55137 (C2) HDA temperature 48 58 60129542192 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 42 2579244 (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 -68337224636623 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2612291026 (F2) Unknown 100 253 548403158 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	26.7% Poor	Read 50.8 Write 42.2 Mixed 48.4 36% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.13 29% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 43%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 62.9 115% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 58%
WD 5000BEV External 500GB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 19GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 34.5 Mixed 30 43% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 Kingston 99U5428-018.A00LF 12GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 17.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

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Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	375x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	129x
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	85x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	639x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	41x
Radeon HD 7600MAMDBench 4%, 7,895 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	45x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $80

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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