Dell Inspiron 3421

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3421 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RDCXP
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 28 '19 at 18:45
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3217U 28,188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45% Average	Memory 72 1-Core 42.8 2-Core 69.7 42% 61.5 Pts	4-Core 107 8-Core 109 14% 108 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 53%

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 0591) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2712 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.82% Terrible	Lighting 3.07 Reflection 3.92 Parallax 2.44 2% 3.14 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 1.93 Splatting 6.09 3% 3.96 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.82% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR20003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 55 46 52 59 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 33 Write 69 Mixed 39 SusWrite 52.5 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 59%
ADATA HV300 5TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 4.5TB free, PID a82a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 25 25 25 25 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 12.3 Write 19.8 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 23.9 28% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 M471B5173QH0-YK0 8GB 2,529 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.1% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 56%

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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 47%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3421

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	208x
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	162x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	53x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	407x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	47x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	39x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	12x

RAM
SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 1x4GBSmartBench 29%, 675 samples	22x
SH564568FJ8NZRNSDG 0194 SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 6GBUnknownBench 42%, 168 samples	15x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	13x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $29	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