Dell Inspiron 3531

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 18% Surfboard	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 18.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	0.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	21.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3531 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 00FTTX
Memory	0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140730
Uptime	16.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '20 at 19:16
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron N2830 10,608 User benchmarks, average bench 29% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Memory 31.9 1-Core 7.5 2-Core 15.2 14% 18.2 Pts	4-Core 30.2 8-Core 27.7 4% 29 Pts	64-Core 22.4 1% 22.4 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 37%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz) 90,156 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0667) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	0.76% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1 Parallax 0.91 1% 0.9 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.26 1% 1.19 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.76% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 52 48 76 79 59 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.4% Poor	Read 112 Write 94.7 Mixed 140 SusWrite 70.3 24% 104 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 3.2 31% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 62.9 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 115 80% 97 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 91%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 103GB free Firmware: 0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 17 18 17 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 17.4 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 16.7 16% 21 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 2 323% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 30%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 986GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 15 15 15 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 27 Write 21.8 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 14.7 28% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GB 51,191 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1 of 1 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12% Very poor	MC Read 4.2 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 5 13% 4.4 GB/s	SC Read 1.9 SC Write 3 SC Mixed 0.6 5% 1.83 GB/s	Latency 244 16% 244 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 32%

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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 29%

Raft

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3531

CPU
Celeron N2830IntelBench 29%, 10,608 samples	119x
Pentium N3530IntelBench 35%, 5,111 samples	5x

GPU
HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 90,156 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x
Series SATA SSD 120GBVBench 63%, 3,411 samples	3x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	31x
EBJ40UG8EFU0-GN-F 1x4GBElpidaBench 25%, 4,091 samples	31x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	11x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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