Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04RCV7
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 21:34
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3317U-$225 26,848 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Memory 57.9 1-Core 21.7 2-Core 37.2 28% 38.9 Pts	4-Core 84 8-Core 167 15% 126 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0598) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.51% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 2.66 3% 3.89 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 7.35 4% 4.78 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 196 26 60 67 9.1 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.8% Below average	Read 234 Write 212 Mixed 216 SusWrite 97.9 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 12.7 49% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 1.2 54% 129 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 565GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 76 77 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 79 Write 70.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 75.7 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KSH-8G 2x8GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 14.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 5.6 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 50%

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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	655x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	341x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,522x
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 $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16