Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 06YPRH
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 05:20
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4210U 82,966 User benchmarks, average bench 41% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 87.9 45% 70.1 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 124 17% 128 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0651) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5074 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	2.81% Terrible	Lighting 3 Reflection 4.19 Parallax 5.28 2% 4.16 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 6.09 4% 4.07 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.81% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 420 415 401 258 413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 479 Write 368 Mixed 413 SusWrite 388 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 22.4 100% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 46.6 88% 169 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 203GB free Firmware: AM0P1D SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 87 89 75 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 83.5 Write 90.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 85.7 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.2% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 95.2 42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 67%

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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%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	852x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	676x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	361x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,987x
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	79x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	346x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	243x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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