Dell Inspiron 7520

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 7520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DNMM8
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 01:06
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3210M-$52 79,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 80.4 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 70.9 52% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 177 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0572) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 5.27 Parallax 2.78 3% 4.02 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.61 4% 4.96 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 427 Write 193 Mixed 188 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 15.4 42% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 23.7 66% 147 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 83%
WL320GLSA854 320GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 36GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 52 55 55 55 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 47.7 Write 45.8 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 54 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Smart SH564128FH8NZQNSCG 2x4GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 57%

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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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Typical Inspiron 7520 Builds (Compare 469 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 7520

CPU
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	217x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	144x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	63x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	442x
Radeon HD 7700MAMDBench 6%, 367 samples	18x
Radeon HD 7730MAMDBench 4%, 191 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
SH564128FH8NZQNSCG 2x4GBSmartBench 50%, 805 samples	41x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	33x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16