Dell Inspiron 3520

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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System	Dell Inspiron 3520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0G8TPV
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 20:51
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 447 49% 387 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 78%

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 0555) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5161 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 3.4 4% 3.47 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 2.8 Splatting 5.5 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 379 433 423 410 412 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 422 Mixed 394 SusWrite 412 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 32 104% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 366 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3N18AES4.16FE 2x4GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 22.5 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%

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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 48%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	69x
Core i3-2370MIntel $272Bench 49%, 10,169 samples	52x
Core i3-3110MIntel $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples	41x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	129x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	87x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples	34x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
Green 120GB (2018)WD $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples	5x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	36x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 8,533 samples	13x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 1x4GBNanyaBench 28%, 2,992 samples	12x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $80

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	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