Dell Latitude E6420

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Latitude E6420 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120711
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 03:34
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2520M-$34 45,308 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 92.2 52% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 92.3 8-Core 93.2 12% 92.8 Pts	64-Core 93.3 6% 93.3 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) 110,588 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0493) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	2.17% Terrible	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 3.58 Parallax 1.62 2% 2.52 fps	MRender 3.33 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.52 3% 3.06 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.17% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 28.2 Mixed 30 23% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.26 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 65%
Hitachi HTS545016B9A300 160GB-$30 3,506 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: PBBOCA0G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 208 100 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 786444 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 10389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 7480 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 -99424194330059 (BC) Unknown 100 86 22 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 605945892 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21480669278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 120729 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0
Poor: 6% Great: 34%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 64GB 841 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 30GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 27.8 Write 12.4 Mixed 18.4 23% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.05 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.81 87% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.2% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 13.2 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E6420

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples	1,061x
Core i5-2540MIntel $315Bench 52%, 16,964 samples	306x
Core i7-2640MIntelBench 54%, 12,152 samples	194x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	1,632x
NVS 4200MNvidiaBench 2%, 6,825 samples	355x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	149x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	30x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	76x
M471B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 37%, 7,983 samples	73x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	64x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $62

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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