Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N1XH2
Memory	4.7 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit, Цвета: 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '22 at 13:02
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3217U 28,188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 84.8 1-Core 37.1 2-Core 92.9 47% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 121 8-Core 124 16% 122 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0598) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3316 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.93% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 4.2 Parallax 2.6 3% 3.47 fps	MRender 3.7 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4.5 3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.93% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 300 302 303 305 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 440 Write 173 Mixed 281 SusWrite 303 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 23.8 78% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 213 190% 286 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 129%
Jmicron Generic 512GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 379GB free Firmware: 0208 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 29 29 29 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 26.4 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 29.2 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 6.5 1,188% 7.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NS-DI 6GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 53%

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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 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