Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.8% 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04RCV7
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 12:48
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3317U-$225 26,848 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 70.5 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 125 54% 88.6 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 168 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7670M 910 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 0598) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	3.06% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 2.6 3% 4.27 fps	MRender 4.6 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4.5 3% 3.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSTi SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 201 214 223 209 211 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 354 Write 260 Mixed 270 SusWrite 209 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 25 82% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 151 140% 218 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 89%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 75 77 81 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 79.3 Write 77 Mixed 40 SusWrite 76.7 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	15.5"	1280 720	LGD03AB

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	653x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	340x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,518x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	268x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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