Dell Latitude E6420

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	1.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Dell Latitude E6420 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 038C0K
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '23 at 12:25
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2520M-$34 45,308 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Memory 33 1-Core 39.6 2-Core 47 25% 39.9 Pts	4-Core 36.8 8-Core 114 8% 75.2 Pts	64-Core 131 8% 131 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 4200M 6,825 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 1493) 512MB CLim: 740 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 386.28 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	1.88% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 0.8 2% 1.93 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 2 2% 2.37 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.88% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot P210 128GB 1,174 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS2227Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 284 278 379 347 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 304 Write 237 Mixed 217 SusWrite 306 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 8.7 57% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 19.7 53% 110 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 222GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 148 88 72 73 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 358 Write 248 Mixed 283 SusWrite 131 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 18.7 75% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 156 139% 209 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 15,815 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 238 17% 238 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 51%

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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%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Latitude E6420

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples	1,062x
Core i5-2540MIntel $315Bench 52%, 16,964 samples	306x
Core i7-2640MIntelBench 54%, 12,152 samples	194x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	1,632x
NVS 4200MNvidiaBench 2%, 6,825 samples	356x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	158x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	30x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	76x
M471B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 37%, 7,983 samples	73x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	64x

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Total price: $62

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