Dell Vostro 3478

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.18% 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	74.4% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 88% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 3478 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08R7RH
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '22 at 14:49
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 560 60% 475 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0841) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 6.6 Parallax 7.6 6% 7.03 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 10.2 7% 8.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 241 239 217 199 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 471 Write 277 Mixed 164 SusWrite 220 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 29.6 88% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 231 198% 293 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 128%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 352GB free Firmware: 100002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 96 95 95 98 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 139 Write 143 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 96 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KMKYF9-MID 86D30000802C 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2400, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 21.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Vostro 3478

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	66x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	27x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	91x
Radeon 520AMDBench 6%, 602 samples	2x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	6x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $34Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	5x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x

RAM
KMKYF9-MID 1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 4,778 samples	12x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBUnknownBench 33%, 8,561 samples	9x
80AD000080AD HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 8GBUnknownBench 60%, 70 samples	4x

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Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16