Dell Inspiron 3543

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.3% 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.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3543 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04GKPN
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '22 at 20:27
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-5005U 50,603 User benchmarks, average bench 38% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42% Average	Memory 66 1-Core 63.3 2-Core 94 47% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 99.5 8-Core 165 16% 132 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz) 231,498 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 0654) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.28% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 5.9 3% 3.8 fps	MRender 4.2 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 4.3 4% 4.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.28% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 279 328 321 319 316 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 431 Write 393 Mixed 279 SusWrite 299 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 23.8 81% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 267 199% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.M16 1x8GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 32%

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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 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3543

CPU
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples	549x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples	224x
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples	223x

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	831x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	68x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples	62x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	166x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	152x
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples	71x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16