Dell G15 Special Edition 5521

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	225% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Dell G15 Special Edition 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0HF2GR
Memory	15.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220317
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	May 09 '22 at 11:14
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700H 52,857 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 60.2 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 194 64% 117 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 601 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 990 61% 990 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Xe Graphics FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0B56) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1298 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 179 Parallax 27.7 20% 76.9 fps	MRender 23.2 Gravity 28.8 Splatting 20.3 19% 24.1 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN530 WDC 1024GB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 626GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1330 817 815 837 839 842 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 1,642 Mixed 1,564 SusWrite 913 322% 1,432 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 65.5 243% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 682 512% 682 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 280%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M425R2GA3BB0-CQKOL 2x16GB 1,382 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 40.7 116% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 154%

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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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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 27%

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System: Dell G15 Special Edition 5521

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples	466x
Core i9-12900HIntelBench 99%, 15,403 samples	268x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	320x
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 123%, 4,475 samples	261x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	145x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 287%, 724 samples	258x
PM991a Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 205%, 439 samples	106x
BC901 SK hynix 1024GBNvmeBench 279%, 885 samples	48x

RAM
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples	184x
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 2,116 samples	118x
HMCG66MEBSA095N 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 1,777 samples	88x

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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 $45	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