Dell Inspiron 5521

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 26%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive27.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Inspiron 5521  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0K08H3
Memory4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130418
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '22 at 23:27
Run Duration166 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 60%

 PC Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3337U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
26.8% Poor
Memory 44.8
1-Core 16.6
2-Core 28.9
22% 30.1 Pts
4-Core 53
8-Core 54.1
7% 53.5 Pts
64-Core 51
3% 51 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 26.8%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)
Dell(1028 0597) 2GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252
Relative performance (0th percentile)
1.07% Terrible
Lighting 1.3
Reflection 1.1
Parallax 0.5
1% 0.97 fps
MRender 1.7
Gravity 0.7
Splatting 1.5
1% 1.3 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.07%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 480GB
423GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 146 146 139 141 140 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
27.7% Poor
Read 126
Write 195
Mixed 210
SusWrite 147
38% 169 MB/s
4K Read 8.7
4K Write 9.5
4K Mixed 10.3
31% 9.5 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 55.4
DQ Mixed 69.3
56% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 27.7%
Great: 41%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
23.3% Poor
MC Read 8.4
MC Write 8.1
MC Mixed 9.3
25% 8.6 GB/s
SC Read 4.6
SC Write 4.1
SC Mixed 5.5
14% 4.73 GB/s
Latency 181
22% 181 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 23.3%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron 5521 Builds (Compare 657 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5521

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28
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