Dell Vostro 3250

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 3250 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0J4NFV
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 23:41
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 397 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06FB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.35% Terrible	Lighting 5.87 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 6.22 5% 6.91 fps	MRender 9.57 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 0.09 4% 4.98 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.35% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900913 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 197 236 237 238 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 401 Write 344 Mixed 312 SusWrite 232 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 33.6 141% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 186 169% 256 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 55GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 103 Write 95.4 Mixed 50 101% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.7 123% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x4GB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 3250

CPU
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	41x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	41x
Pentium G4400Intel $45Bench 47%, 36,432 samples	8x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	77x
HD 510 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 3%, 16,316 samples	8x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	5x

SSD
SSDPR-CX400-256-G2 256GBBench 75%, 1,916 samples	3x
SSD 256GBBench 72%, 6,980 samples	2x
SP600 256GBAdataBench 80%, 4,724 samples	2x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 5,816 samples	15x
HMT451U6DFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 29%, 227 samples	8x
M378B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 27%, 3,229 samples	7x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $76

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 $179	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