Dell Inspiron 5521

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.6% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0803FX
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 17:57
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3337U 33,616 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 126 58% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 174 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8730M 95 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 05B8) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 4.73 Parallax 2.59 3% 3.57 fps	MRender 5.14 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 6.65 4% 4.64 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 138 124 133 116 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 251 Write 313 Mixed 177 SusWrite 137 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 12.4 59% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 29 81% 168 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8A-PB V01L3SF4GB26826816 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5521

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	258x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	173x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	98x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	639x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	13x
Radeon HD 8730MAMDBench 3%, 95 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	18x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 49%, 2,894 samples	60x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	59x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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