Dell Vostro 3550

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	15.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell Vostro 3550 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0PD77K
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 22:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2410M-$160 46,742 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 82.7 1-Core 57 2-Core 94.9 51% 78.2 Pts	4-Core 120 8-Core 145 17% 133 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 04CD) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: C091126a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2562 (A8) Unknown 100 100 50 (AF) Unknown 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 100 227634642991 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 34389426208 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14100843270288	15.8% Very poor	Read 220 Write 37.2 Mixed 17.9 20% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.09 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.69 17% 4.79 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 30%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 354GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 94 90 2062 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1081 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5917 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1067 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569347615 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 460 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 13 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 55732	53% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 93.8 Mixed 87.4 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GB 13,765 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 58%

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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%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Dell Vostro 3550

CPU
Core i5-2410MIntel $160Bench 48%, 46,742 samples	60x
Core i5-2430MIntel $53Bench 50%, 41,461 samples	43x
Core i5-2450MIntel $225Bench 49%, 51,836 samples	42x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	186x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	77x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	9x
SD7SB6S-128G-100 128GBSandiskBench 67%, 53 samples	5x

RAM
KX830D-ELC 1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 364 samples	14x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 18,713 samples	11x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 1x4GBHynixBench 24%, 8,698 samples	11x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $188

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16