Dell Latitude E6520

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% 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 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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Dell Latitude E6520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0V7G0J
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '22 at 16:16
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%

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 i7-2620M 16,111 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 59.5 2-Core 112 51% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 193 22% 173 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) 110,588 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0494) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.82% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 1.8 Parallax 1.6 2% 1.87 fps	MRender 2.6 Gravity 1.3 Splatting 2.8 2% 2.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.82% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 84 96 93 48 86 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.7% Poor	Read 127 Write 205 Mixed 195 SusWrite 89.5 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 0.1 52% 121 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-422.A00LF 1x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	30.1% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 33%

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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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Typical Latitude E6520 Builds (Compare 1,116 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E6520

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples	315x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	184x
Core i5-2540MIntel $315Bench 52%, 16,964 samples	144x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	715x
NVS 4200MNvidiaBench 2%, 6,825 samples	299x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	96x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	54x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	41x
M471B5273CH0-YK0 M471B5173QH0-YK0 8GBSamsungBench 46%, 268 samples	39x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $62

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 $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 $40	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16