PC Status | Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. |
Processor | With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor. |
Graphics | 1.54% 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 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 Inspiron 3521 (all builds) |
Motherboard | Dell 0MND5Y |
Memory | 6.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz |
Display | 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors |
OS | Windows 8.1 |
BIOS Date | 20130829 |
Uptime | 62.1 Days |
Run Date | Nov 11 '17 at 08:45 |
Run Duration | 116 Seconds |
Run User | USA-User |
Background CPU | 90% |
Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).
Processor | Bench | Normal | Heavy | Server |
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Intel Pentium 2117U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
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29.9%
Poor
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Graphics Card | Bench | 3D DX9 | 3D DX10 | 3D DX11 |
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Intel HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)
Dell(1028 0597) 2GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276
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1.54%
Terrible
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Drive | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
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HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB
634GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JA0OA560 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
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52.3%
Above average
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Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
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Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
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24.5%
Poor
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds
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CPU | |
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Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples | 653x |
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples | 340x |
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples | 304x |
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER | Value: 21% - Poor | Total price: $28 |