Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.32% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0MK77P
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 23:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7300HQ 170,871 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 195 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 391 50% 379 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0798) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 6.72 6% 14.4 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 13.7 8% 8.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba KSG60ZMV256G M.2 2280 256GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: ABDA4102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 298 309 317 318 323 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 121%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 5,742 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 259GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.1 5 5.2 5.2 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	7.46% Terrible	Read 34.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 5.1 13% 13 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.46% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB 144,145 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 43%

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

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System: Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming - $799

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,186x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	2,165x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,663x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	1,990x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	696x

SSD
X400 M.2 2280 256GBSandiskBench 66%, 11,716 samples	304x
THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GBToshibaBench 54%, 5,253 samples	291x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	269x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	820x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	588x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	294x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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