Dell Vostro 420 Series

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	7GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 7GB 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.

Run History

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

System	Dell Vostro 420 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R038D
Memory	3.7 GB free of 7 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090417
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 02:58
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 84.6 44% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 170 22% 169 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 93.3 Parallax 87 83% 94.1 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 80.3 74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 81%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU760 512GB 1,247 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: XA001R15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 223 228 236 235 237 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.1% Good	Read 251 Write 235 Mixed 226 SusWrite 226 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 35.7 114% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 185 140% 186 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 7GB 8,824 User benchmarks, average bench 24% null MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.57 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 52%

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

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Typical Vostro 420 Series Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Vostro 420 Series

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	3x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	3x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $50Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TBBench 98%, 11,576 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	24x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $220

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 $15	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