Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell Inspiron 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XWH1P
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130513
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 12:38
Run Duration	364 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820QM-$275 3,135 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 476 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1669 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 83.3 70% 86.3 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 73.6 63% 77.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5091 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 856 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137473950111 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 227633987621 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1516141543777 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3187 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8702 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6652 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11895 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.3% Above average	Read 468 Write 315 Mixed 333 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 8.14 53% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 30.5 DQ Mixed 44.1 28% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 108%
WDC WD32 00BEVT-22ZCT0 320GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 136GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 34 Write 36.7 Mixed 32.8 45% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	9.86% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 2.94 Mixed 5.02 8% 8.59 MB/s	4K Read 4.54 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 1.43 127% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.86% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,121 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	376x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	129x
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	85x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	640x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	41x
Radeon HD 7600MAMDBench 4%, 7,895 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	46x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $80

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	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