Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.39% 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	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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 1 month ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 02RD2H
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '23 at 01:20
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4030U 24,177 User benchmarks, average bench 45% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Memory 48.5 1-Core 42.4 2-Core 79.4 35% 56.8 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 107 14% 105 Pts	64-Core 116 7% 116 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0651) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	2.39% Terrible	Lighting 2.9 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 5.1 2% 3.2 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 2 Splatting 3.6 2% 2.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.39% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 33 40 62 58 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 51.7 Write 39.8 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 53.1 31% 42 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 61%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 51GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.2 9.2 9.2 8.1 9.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 153 Write 8.7 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 8.3 38% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 166 24% 166 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 67%

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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	41	11	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO11EC

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Typical Inspiron 3542 Builds (Compare 2,443 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	859x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	681x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	363x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	2,004x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	175x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	137x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	81x
BX500 240GBCrucial $27Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	349x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	244x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	189x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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