Dell Vostro 420 Series

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.7% 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 420 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R038D
Memory	2.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 16:03
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E7400-$130 14,354 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 72 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 80.4 42% 64.2 Pts	4-Core 77.1 8-Core 78.7 10% 77.9 Pts	64-Core 79.4 5% 79.4 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3450 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 9018) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	0.69% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.06 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 1.39 1% 0.88 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.69% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500120G 120GB 4,749 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056RI SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 70 68 69 74 68 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.7% Average	Read 244 Write 237 Mixed 210 SusWrite 78.9 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 22.6 77% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 126 104% 151 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 6.2 14% 4.83 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 28%

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

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Typical Vostro 420 Series Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 420 Series

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	3x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	3x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TBBench 98%, 11,576 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	24x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $230

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