Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.47% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KHNVP
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '21 at 09:55
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4005U 37,483 User benchmarks, average bench 39% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	38% Below average	Memory 56.9 1-Core 36.3 2-Core 69.1 35% 54.1 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 131 16% 120 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0651) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	2.47% Terrible	Lighting 3 Reflection 1.8 Parallax 5.5 2% 3.43 fps	MRender 3.3 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3.8 2% 3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.47% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 29 28 9 26 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	9.47% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 39 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 18.8 26% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.47% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown S939A2SGS-ITR 1x8GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 137 29% 137 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 33%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 32: 6R 0G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
32%	10%	80	40	29	60	15.5"	1366 768	LGD0456

History: Score 5: 1R 0G 0B | Score 32: 6R 0G 2B

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	852x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	676x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	361x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,987x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	175x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	137x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	346x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	243x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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