Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 29.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.9% 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.

Run History

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

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 06RYX8
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 19:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Memory 45.9 1-Core 21.7 2-Core 41.1 25% 36.2 Pts	4-Core 72.3 8-Core 118 12% 95.1 Pts	64-Core 120 8% 120 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.5% 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 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	1.54% Terrible	Lighting 1.93 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 0.88 2% 1.58 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 2.48 1% 1.71 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.54% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X300 2.5 7MM 128GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3300012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 172 182 178 182 179 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 360 Write 334 Mixed 251 SusWrite 183 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 11 38% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 93.7 71% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 92%
WD WD5000LUCT-63C26Y0 500GB 2,409 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 60GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 59 61 61 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 62 Write 58.1 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 60.1 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 Hynix HMT451S6AFR8C-PB 8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 12 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 176 23% 176 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 53%

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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	656x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	344x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,527x
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 $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	29x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	140x
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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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