Dell Vostro 2520

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell Vostro 2520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0V1NDP
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '22 at 05:11
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3110M-$70 34,445 User benchmarks, average bench 48% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 71.9 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 113 50% 80.9 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 163 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 58%

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 0558) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5161 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.87% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 2.5 3% 2.53 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 2 Splatting 4.3 3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.87% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 193 66 66 66 62 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 440 Write 290 Mixed 312 SusWrite 128 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 23.5 92% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 169 140% 201 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 98GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 83.2 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 92.8 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KNWMX1-ETB 830B NT4GC64C88B1NS-DI 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 14.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%

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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 46%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 2520

CPU
Core i3-2328MIntelBench 47%, 7,778 samples	52x
Core i3-3110MIntel $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples	43x
Core i3-2348MIntelBench 49%, 5,289 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	85x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	71x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	12x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	6x
SSD 256GBBench 72%, 6,980 samples	5x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	7x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	5x
HMT351S6CFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 26%, 3,180 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16