Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XWH1P
Memory	6.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120813
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 20:02
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3632QM 24,912 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 33.1 2-Core 83.6 44% 66 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 406 45% 352 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 056A) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.933.3.4000 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	2.1% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 3.04 Parallax 1.66 2% 2.31 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.48 3% 3.08 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.1% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 180 84 55 24 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 440 Write 382 Mixed 198 SusWrite 99.2 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 26.7 86% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 201 152% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 76 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 80.4 Write 76.3 Mixed 48 SusWrite 76.9 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 M471B1G73BH0-YK0 12GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 54%

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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 49%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	374x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	129x
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	85x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	638x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	41x
Radeon HD 7600MAMDBench 4%, 7,895 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	45x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $80

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 $40	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