Dell Inspiron 3520

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
Processor	With 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 33.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0486TW
Memory	4.7 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '21 at 10:37
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2328M 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 47% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Memory 59.5 1-Core 19.8 2-Core 34.3 28% 37.9 Pts	4-Core 49.7 8-Core 49.4 7% 49.6 Pts	64-Core 49.9 3% 49.9 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) 209,058 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0555) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	0.94% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.2 Parallax 1 1% 1.1 fps	MRender 1.6 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.94% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$26 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: D005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 71 60 66 69 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 65.8 Mixed 39 SusWrite 65.3 41% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 43%
USBModem Disk 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 12GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12% Very poor	Read 6.5 Write 9.5 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 9.5 12% 8.32 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.9 166% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB ZIONL4GBDDR3PC1600 6GB 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.3% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 8.9 24% 8.3 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns

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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	70x
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	130x
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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