Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 018DYG
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 22:22
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	79%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 21.9 2-Core 50.3 31% 44.1 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 201 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8730M 95 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 05B8) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.31 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 2.48 1% 1.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 741GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 353 340 360 363 355 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 401 Write 380 Mixed 347 SusWrite 352 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 15.8 54% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 157 135% 198 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 12GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.7 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 47%

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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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	651x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	340x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,516x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	268x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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