Dell Inspiron 3480

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.32% 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	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 90% 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 3480 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0TVM2J
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 02:13
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	90%

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 i7-8565U 81,207 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 265 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 572 64% 503 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 178,291 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 08C7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7463 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 0.03 5% 5.34 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 13.8 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 16 108 28 109 131 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 421 Write 289 Mixed 195 SusWrite 102 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 9.9 57% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 56.1 DQ Mixed 44.3 44% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 55%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 849GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 121 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 63.9 Write 108 Mixed 64 SusWrite 121 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.7 186% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905700-012.A00G 80AD000080AD HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 3480

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	200x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	25x
Pentium 5405UIntelBench 48%, 2,193 samples	22x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	237x
UHD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 3,878 samples	29x
Radeon 520AMDBench 6%, 602 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
KINGSTON SNV2S50 500GBNvmeBench 196%, 312 samples	6x
KingFast 256GBBench 71%, 4,532 samples	5x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples	52x
AM1P26KC4U1-BACS 1x4GBAdataBench 36%, 111 samples	20x
HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 1x4GBUnknownBench 32%, 1,375 samples	20x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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