Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics5.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell Inspiron 3521  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N1XH2
Memory3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
DisplayΧρώματα 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180524
Uptime4 Days
Run DateSep 24 '20 at 19:46
Run Duration171 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-3217U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
31.7% Below average
Memory 54.5
1-Core 21.7
2-Core 38.4
27% 38.2 Pts
4-Core 53.9
8-Core 53.9
7% 53.9 Pts
64-Core 53.7
3% 53.7 Pts
Poor: 28%
This bench: 31.7%
Great: 53%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
Dell(1028 0598) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
5.43% Terrible
Lighting 8.57
Reflection 6.69
Parallax 5.28
7% 6.85 fps
MRender 1.81
Gravity 0.7
Splatting 5.35
2% 2.62 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.43%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 250G 250GB
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 401100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 149 161 148 155 130 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
54.4% Above average
Read 416
Write 296
Mixed 160
SusWrite 154
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 27
4K Mixed 22.3
72% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 87.7
77% 115 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 105%
Intenso Sata III 120GB
82GB free
Firmware: S0222A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 194 204 220 218 98 MB/s
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
40.8% Average
Read 241
Write 218
Mixed 220
SusWrite 191
49% 217 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 21
4K Mixed 10.4
47% 15.5 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 42.2
53% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 40.8%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 Kingston 99U5469-070.A00LF 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
23.3% Poor
MC Read 7.9
MC Write 7.9
MC Mixed 9.1
24% 8.3 GB/s
SC Read 5.4
SC Write 4.5
SC Mixed 5.9
15% 5.27 GB/s
Latency 145
28% 145 ns
Poor: 19%
This bench: 23.3%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Inspiron 3521 Builds (Compare 1,931 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28
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