Dell Inspiron 518

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 518 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K068D
Memory	3.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090330
Uptime	28 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 18:31
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 Q8400-$150 18,432 User benchmarks, average bench 45% , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 67.5 1-Core 38.4 2-Core 76.5 40% 60.8 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 151 20% 151 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Zotac(19DA 1214) 512MB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.71% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 1.08 Parallax 1.91 2% 1.63 fps	MRender 2.95 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 2.22 2% 2.5 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.71% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 16400833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 66614942766949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 243 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 65 1082336018458 (C2) HDA temperature 26 65 1082336018458 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16400833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16400833 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16400833 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9402 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3598 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3598 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3756	36.1% Below average	Read 199 Write 76.7 Mixed 108 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 11.4 75% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 9.48 15% 28.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 69%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 477GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5070 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11857 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 39336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1275 (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 78 1 369885206 (C2) HDA temperature 79 55 436994069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 44987 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 73.1 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.49 122% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 334GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 94 141011831 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 421156055 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 42 589430819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 57 32911894 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42% Average	Read 75.9 Write 70.3 Mixed 30.8 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.87 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 46%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 518

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	8x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	3x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	2x
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	2x

SSD
SSD 256GBBench 72%, 6,980 samples	1x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	1x
Solid State Disk 120GBSpccBench 59%, 22,489 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	7x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	6x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	4x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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