Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 033MX4
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 02:54
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3227U 7,282 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Memory 49.9 1-Core 22 2-Core 30.7 25% 34.2 Pts	4-Core 53.1 8-Core 52.8 7% 52.9 Pts	64-Core 51.8 3% 51.8 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.31 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 2.48 1% 1.71 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 308 333 327 339 366 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 372 Write 339 Mixed 342 SusWrite 331 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 12.7 42% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 59.1 DQ Write 54.9 DQ Mixed 56.9 43% 57 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GB 30,873 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 0.4 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 0.6 5% 1.73 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 57%

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

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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

Total price: $28

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