Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XWH1P
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 19:43
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3110M-$70 34,445 User benchmarks, average bench 48% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 60.4 2-Core 97.5 52% 79.9 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 166 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 58%

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: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.36% Terrible	Lighting 3.73 Reflection 4.88 Parallax 2.53 3% 3.72 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 7.04 4% 4.58 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.36% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1850 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1443165569799 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 38 266287972407 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1108112769282 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1448 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3631 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2387 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3339 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.8% Average	Read 466 Write 187 Mixed 228 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 3.13 51% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 96.2 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 3.14 24% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 71%
WD WD3200BEVS-16VAT0 320GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 142GB free Firmware: 0202 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 56.2 Mixed 52.9 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston SNY1333S9-2G-ELF 2x2GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 16.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 13.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 50%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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 $300	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