Dell Vostro 3550

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell Vostro 3550 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0JGC48
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '20 at 14:32
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2310M-$80 25,542 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 78 1-Core 47.1 2-Core 64.3 44% 63.1 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 90.8 14% 101 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) 209,058 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 04B3) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.12 Parallax 1.38 2% 2.19 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.65 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 71 53 22 80 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 421 Write 338 Mixed 292 SusWrite 77.4 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 19.4 69% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 99 113% 194 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 82%
Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB-$75 5,635 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 136GB free Firmware: MH000D SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 75 76 83 80 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 73.1 Write 71.5 SusWrite 76.2 53% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 62% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GB 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 84.3 48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 51%

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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 47%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 3550

CPU
Core i5-2410MIntel $160Bench 48%, 46,742 samples	60x
Core i5-2430MIntel $53Bench 50%, 41,461 samples	43x
Core i5-2450MIntel $225Bench 49%, 51,836 samples	42x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	186x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	77x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	9x
SD7SB6S-128G-100 128GBSandiskBench 67%, 53 samples	5x

RAM
KX830D-ELC 1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 364 samples	14x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 18,713 samples	11x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 1x4GBHynixBench 24%, 8,698 samples	11x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $188

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 $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 $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