Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 018DYG
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 12:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3537U 17,065 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 88.5 55% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 175 20% 154 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8500M/8700M 604 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 05B8) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 25.20.15011.1004 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	6.33% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 9.44 6% 8.49 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 8.26 6% 7.8 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.33% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 120GB 5,956 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP612PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 75 94 59 60 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 414 Write 326 Mixed 308 SusWrite 94.8 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 21.7 89% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 172 156% 235 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 91%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,344 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 301GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 23.8 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 25.3 29% 22 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-040.A01LF 99U5469-041.A00LF 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 15 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 48%

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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 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	656x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	343x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,526x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	269x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	29x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	140x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16