Dell Vostro 420 Series

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 420 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R038D
Memory	3.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100622
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '16 at 01:54
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	44% Average	Memory 69.6 1-Core 27.5 2-Core 54.2 36% 50.4 Pts	4-Core 110 8-Core 107 15% 109 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% BFG(19F1 0E79) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	6% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 8.15 Parallax 2.62 7% 6.28 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 5.97 Splatting 5.3 5% 6.09 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2532 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 640 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3900218386
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 181GB free Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42821174 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2478 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 772735011 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 64 9633137 (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	52.9% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 93.8 Mixed 66 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.44 96% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 69GB free Firmware: 31.08F31 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 112 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2650 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 8 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2619 (C2) HDA temperature 118 96 32 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 179 0	39% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 69.8 Mixed 59.1 49% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.58 137% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 39%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 89.9 Write 105 Mixed 73.1 115% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 2048, 1024, 1024 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.7% Very poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 4.7 MC Mixed 5 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 5 15% 5.1 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 46%

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Typical Vostro 420 Series Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Vostro 420 Series

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	3x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	3x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TBBench 98%, 11,576 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	24x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $232

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 $177	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