Dell Inspiron 531

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 36.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.45% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 531 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RY206
Memory	2.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090209
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 03:31
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+-$84 2,640 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 26.2 2-Core 56.3 34% 48.6 Pts	4-Core 54.1 8-Core 56.4 7% 55.2 Pts	64-Core 56.1 4% 56.1 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% PNY(196E 0828) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 3.53 3% 4.23 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.46 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD32 00AVJS-63B6A 320GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 88.2 Mixed 88.6 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3160813AS 160GB-$139 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 70GB free Firmware: CC2J Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 88.3 Write 80.9 Mixed 85.8 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.42 90% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 142GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	9.9% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 13.7 Mixed 19.2 22% 18 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 9.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	15.3% Very poor	MC Read 4.3 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 5 14% 4.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.2 12% 4.1 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 52%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 531

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+AMDBench 36%, 5,372 samples	5x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	2x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+AMD $84Bench 34%, 2,640 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 2600-XTATIBench 2%, 1,081 samples	2x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	1x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	1x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	1x
0 240GBCt240bx5Bench 50%, 1,468 samples	1x
SU 650 240GBAdataBench 61%, 283 samples	1x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	4x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $42

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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