Dell Inspiron 5521

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 79% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0VCR0Y
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20131025
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '21 at 12:36
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	79%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3517U 8,454 User benchmarks, average bench 51% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 80.1 2-Core 131 62% 99.7 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 194 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8500M/8700M 604 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 05B8) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 27.20.14540.4003 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 11.6 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 5.9 6% 6.87 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 23 113 103 132 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 412 Write 338 Mixed 310 SusWrite 133 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 13.2 43% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 90.3 DQ Mixed 44.5 50% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 55%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 125GB free Firmware: 2AR20004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 57 48 56 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 40.9 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 57.4 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GB 5,366 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 58%

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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 7%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5521

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	258x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	173x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	98x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	639x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	13x
Radeon HD 8730MAMDBench 3%, 95 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	18x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 49%, 2,894 samples	60x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	59x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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