Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell Inspiron 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XWH1P
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140612
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 22:17
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820QM-$275 3,135 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 475 53% 416 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB; ASUS GTX 1080 Turbo CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 126 Parallax 112 98% 119 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 115 Splatting 97.3 85% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 157 169 149 102 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 434 Write 362 Mixed 271 SusWrite 137 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 23 77% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 177 172% 276 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 13.5 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 3.8 16% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.5 167% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 13%
WDC WD32 00BEVT-22ZCT0 320GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 91GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 38 38 38 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 34 Write 35.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 37.3 44% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,121 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	374x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	129x
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	85x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	638x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	41x
Radeon HD 7600MAMDBench 4%, 7,895 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	45x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $80

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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