Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 1% 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 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 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 06RYX8
Memory	5.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '23 at 06:36
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	62%

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 Core i3-3217U 28,188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	44% Average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 35.6 2-Core 60.2 39% 56.1 Pts	4-Core 91 8-Core 106 13% 98.3 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.04% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 0.7 Parallax 0.5 1% 0.83 fps	MRender 1.5 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.04% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 96 15 28 124 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 91.3 Write 197 Mixed 127 SusWrite 76.1 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 4.1 704% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 160%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 911GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 82 81 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 55 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 82 76% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT41GS6MFR8C-PB 12GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9.7 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	20	15	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO45EC

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	655x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	341x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,522x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	269x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16