Dell Inspiron 5421

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 5421 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 06D9H0
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130909
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3337U 33,616 User benchmarks, average bench 47% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 90.4 52% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 145 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0591) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.21% Terrible	Lighting 3.47 Reflection 6.23 Parallax 2.62 3% 4.11 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 2.17 Splatting 6.78 4% 4.6 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.21% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 757GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1251 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 52 52 206160330800 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 165 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 156 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 44736	73.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 476 Mixed 479 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 11.7 62% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 12.1 46% 104 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 111%
WDC WD10 JPVX-22JC3T0 1TB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 312GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 29 Write 22.8 Mixed 7.09 22% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.12 33% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 21%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 15GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 58.1 Write 53.3 Mixed 50.5 68% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.13 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-123.A00LF HP16D3LS1KFG/8G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 13.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5421

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	87x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	30x
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	11x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	110x
GeForce GT 730MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,897 samples	26x
GeForce GT 640MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,728 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
PLUS 1000GBSandiskBench 44%, 44,528 samples	7x

RAM
Specified 2x4GBNotBench 47%, 63 samples	11x
SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 2x4GBSmartBench 52%, 1,166 samples	11x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 1x4GBNanyaBench 28%, 2,992 samples	7x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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