Dell Inspiron 5521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% 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 44.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.67% 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	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 (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N5YWG
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '21 at 21:46
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	71%

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 i5-3337U 33,616 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 61.5 2-Core 87.2 47% 72.5 Pts	4-Core 116 8-Core 135 16% 125 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 58%

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. 27.20.1034.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.67% Terrible	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 10.7 12% 11.2 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 5.9 6% 6.83 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.67% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 796GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 34 65 25 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 6.8 Write 9.5 Mixed 10 SusWrite 31.7 11% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown S3A4G83-13G9PE3B00 Hynix HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.7% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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 $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