Dell Vostro 2520

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 25% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 50.2%, 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	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 2520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0V1NDP
Memory	0.6 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 04:12
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3110M-$70 34,445 User benchmarks, average bench 48% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 63.4 2-Core 108 52% 82.7 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 157 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 143 9% 143 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 58%

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 0558) 1,021MB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 2.53 3% 3.5 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 6.96 4% 4.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 51 6.1 0.6 6.4 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29% Poor	Read 301 Write 222 Mixed 171 SusWrite 40.2 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 10.9 38% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 14.7 DQ Mixed 39.1 35% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 53%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 427GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 110 111 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 99 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 109 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325S6EFR8C-PB 1x2GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 4.3 13% 4.53 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 33%

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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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

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Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 2520

CPU
Core i3-2328MIntelBench 47%, 7,778 samples	52x
Core i3-3110MIntel $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples	43x
Core i3-2348MIntelBench 49%, 5,289 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	85x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	71x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	12x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	6x
SSD 256GBBench 72%, 6,980 samples	5x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	7x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	5x
HMT351S6CFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 26%, 3,180 samples	4x

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Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $29

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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