Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 44.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.7% 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0CPH8W
Memory	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	29.2 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 17:18
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron 1007U 5,995 User benchmarks, average bench 39% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.2% Average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 38.5 2-Core 54.5 40% 56.5 Pts	4-Core 73 8-Core 71.6 10% 72.3 Pts	64-Core 64.6 4% 64.6 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz) 28,701 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	1.56% Terrible	Lighting 1.63 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 1.25 1% 1.5 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 3.17 2% 2.38 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.56% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL 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 100 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4522031 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 113 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 41 176093724707 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 38654705673 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 213 (EA) Unknown 100 100 288 (F1) Unknown 253 253 264 (F2) Unknown 253 253 233 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	48.7% Average	Read 454 Write 182 Mixed 273 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 9.52 58% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 80.4 DQ Write 36 DQ Mixed 11.1 21% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 106%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 413GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219581208 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65499989 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 129291400513560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1679 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 404029464 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 184 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30493 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 47244640280 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 -124167504525384 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 -124167504525384 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1722457284 (F2) Unknown 100 253 258399860 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 105 Mixed 98.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.14 52% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273EB0-CK0 1x4GB 3,287 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.7% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 8.8 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 33%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	653x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	340x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,518x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	268x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 21% - Poor

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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