Dell Inspiron 531

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	5.89% 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	32.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 23 months ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 531 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RY206
Memory	4 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20080109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '22 at 16:08
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ 2,693 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	32.3% Below average	Memory 56.1 1-Core 29.2 2-Core 34.3 29% 39.9 Pts	4-Core 50.3 8-Core 58.7 7% 54.5 Pts	64-Core 60.5 4% 60.5 Pts
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000 15,855 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 084A) 1GB CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 652 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 377.83 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5.89% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 9.6 Parallax 2.2 6% 6.2 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 7.1 7% 8.17 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU 650 240GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: S071 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 95 119 133 71 150 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.5% Below average	Read 173 Write 152 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 105 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 13.3 53% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 28.3 33% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 90%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 148GB free Firmware: JF10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 72 72 63 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 73 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 68.1 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	12.3% Very poor	MC Read 3.5 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 4 11% 3.83 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 3.6 SC Mixed 2.7 9% 3.17 GB/s	Latency 140 29% 140 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 46%

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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 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 531

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+AMDBench 36%, 5,372 samples	5x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	2x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+AMD $84Bench 34%, 2,640 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 2600-XTATIBench 2%, 1,081 samples	2x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	1x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	1x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	1x
0 240GBCt240bx5Bench 50%, 1,468 samples	1x
SU 650 240GBAdataBench 61%, 283 samples	1x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	4x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $42

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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