Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.53% 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	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0WW73H
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 16:11
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4510U 63,054 User benchmarks, average bench 47% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 25.1 2-Core 64.3 40% 56.8 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 216 22% 175 Pts	64-Core 221 14% 221 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 840M 20,978 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 0653) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8165 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	9.53% Terrible	Lighting 13.1 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 10.2 11% 10.9 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 8.39 7% 8.98 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.53% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 137 105 14 106 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 474 Write 426 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 132 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 1 51% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 3 DQ Mixed 0.2 22% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 783GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 101 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 73.3 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 100 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 1x8GB 19,744 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 8.6 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 32%

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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 39%

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Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	854x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	678x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	361x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,992x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	175x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	137x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	80x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	347x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	244x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16