Dell Inspiron 531

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 531 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RY206
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20070615
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+-$84 2,640 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Memory 64.9 1-Core 29.3 2-Core 57.4 35% 50.5 Pts	4-Core 52.4 8-Core 58.2 7% 55.3 Pts	64-Core 56.6 4% 56.6 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AD SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 44 45 46 30 22 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 64.5 Write 59.4 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 37 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 42%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 182GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 82 85 80 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 79.9 Write 84.4 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 82.9 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 255GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 26 24 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 22.4 Write 21.2 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 25.3 17% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 66%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 423GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 126 127 126 115 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59% Above average	Read 83.7 Write 122 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 122 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.8% Very poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 5.7 15% 5.23 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 45%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 531

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+AMDBench 36%, 5,372 samples	5x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	2x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+AMD $84Bench 34%, 2,640 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 2600-XTATIBench 2%, 1,081 samples	2x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	1x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	1x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	1x
0 240GBCt240bx5Bench 50%, 1,468 samples	1x
SU 650 240GBAdataBench 61%, 283 samples	1x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	4x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $42

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