Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04RCV7
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131025
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 19:39
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3317U-$225 26,848 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 83.1 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 97.4 54% 83 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 140 20% 146 Pts	64-Core 155 10% 155 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7600M 7,895 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 0598) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 2.66 3% 3.85 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 7.26 4% 4.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 109 121 129 119 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 369 Write 146 Mixed 174 SusWrite 120 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 24.9 85% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 123 106% 157 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 73%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 34 35 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 29.7 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 33.9 35% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 13.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.4% 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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	655x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	341x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,522x
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 $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16