Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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	3.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 21:13
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3632QM 24,912 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 85 2-Core 162 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 406 47% 364 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 69%

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: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.933.3.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 2.91 3% 3.93 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.91 5% 5.36 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 132370341 (05) Reallocated sector count 78 78 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -10892037058460 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2733 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 65 81608638503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 132370341 (C4) Reallocation count 78 78 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 132370341 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 132370341 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 25769803776 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19444 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15460 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15460 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25207	46.4% Average	Read 299 Write 197 Mixed 200 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 10.9 67% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 11.7 23% 45 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 89%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 53GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (10^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 125 100 381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1177 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1598 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1650 (A9) Unknown 100 100 23 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1630 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 266287972395 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 54 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 155295 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14057 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10215	39.8% Below average	Read 223 Write 198 Mixed 145 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 2.46 59% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 4.23 20% 41.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664HZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 6GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 53%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	374x
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	638x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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