Dell Inspiron 3551

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 22% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 24.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3551 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0CMF7W
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '23 at 05:16
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium N3540 17,036 User benchmarks, average bench 33% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Memory 38.9 1-Core 3.9 2-Core 15.6 16% 19.5 Pts	4-Core 63.7 8-Core 71.8 9% 67.8 Pts	64-Core 74.2 5% 74.2 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 40%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz) 90,156 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 06AB) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	0.56% Terrible	Lighting 0.4 Reflection 1.1 Parallax 1.2 0% 0.9 fps	MRender 1.7 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.2 1% 1.27 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.56% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR056 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 166 204 196 204 189 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.5% Average	Read 185 Write 179 Mixed 202 SusWrite 196 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 13.4 59% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 25.8 46% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-YK0 1x8GB 3,750 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	13.5% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 4.7 MC Mixed 4.4 13% 4.7 GB/s	SC Read 2.2 SC Write 3.7 SC Mixed 3.4 9% 3.1 GB/s	Latency 207 19% 207 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 13.5% 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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 31%

Sail boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3551

CPU
Pentium N3540IntelBench 33%, 17,036 samples	36x
Celeron N2840IntelBench 28%, 20,923 samples	21x

GPU
HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 90,156 samples	57x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
CT500BX500SSD1 500GBBench 58%, 3,003 samples	3x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	13x
M471B5674QH0-YK0 1x2GBSamsungBench 17%, 2,147 samples	6x
KNWMX1-ETB 1x4GBKingstonBench 26%, 3,520 samples	5x

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Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16