Dell Inspiron 17-7778

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 17-7778 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0X3VCM
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 04:38
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 85.9 1-Core 29.7 2-Core 44.9 40% 53.5 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 218 26% 201 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 073F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	2.98% Terrible	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 10 Parallax 2.97 2% 5.36 fps	MRender 4.33 Gravity 2.77 Splatting 6.39 4% 4.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.98% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 449GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 23 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 41 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1600035763	52.9% Above average	Read 473 Write 261 Mixed 274 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 11.6 48% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 85 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 53.9 48% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 122 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7935770729	60.3% Good	Read 490 Write 355 Mixed 384 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 13.8 52% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 84 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 34.3 36% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GB 1,205 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 70%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Inspiron 17-7778

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	112x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	1x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	82x
940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 36,213 samples	31x

SSD
CV3-CE512-11 SATA 512GBLiteonBench 77%, 772 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	3x

RAM
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 12GBUnknownBench 54%, 241 samples	42x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 808 samples	24x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GBUnknownBench 52%, 220 samples	11x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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