Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.8% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XWH1P
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120517
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 11:47
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	24%

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 i3-2370M-$272 10,169 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 87.7 1-Core 33.3 2-Core 104 49% 75.1 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 152 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 056A) 1.8GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	1.96% Terrible	Lighting 2.17 Reflection 3.31 Parallax 1.44 2% 2.3 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 4 2% 2.72 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.96% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 170 184 147 159 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 347 Write 151 Mixed 206 SusWrite 165 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 10 44% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 28.3 72% 155 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF25664HZ-1G6M1 Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NS-CG 4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.3% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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 $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