Dell Inspiron 5521

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.41% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 79% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0C46Y8
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 640 x 480 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '20 at 12:09
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	79%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3537U 17,065 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 135 60% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 201 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8500M/8700M 604 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 05B8) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 26.20.15029.27016 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	6.41% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 7.77 Parallax 9.28 6% 8.31 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 8.26 6% 7.78 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.41% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: JULA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 396 349 175 174 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 441 Write 407 Mixed 400 SusWrite 280 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 22.5 70% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 334 243% 314 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LS1KBG/4G Elpida EBJ40UG8EFU0-GN-F 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 55%

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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 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5521

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	258x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	173x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	98x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	639x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	13x
Radeon HD 8730MAMDBench 3%, 95 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	18x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 49%, 2,894 samples	60x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	59x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

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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 $46

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