Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	36.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0WW73H
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140328
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '23 at 08:50
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4510U 63,054 User benchmarks, average bench 47% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 90.9 50% 75.7 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 193 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 840M 20,978 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 0653) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.4601 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.1 8% 9.6 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 13 Splatting 8.8 7% 9.03 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 32 145 13 66 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 456 Write 395 Mixed 384 SusWrite 110 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.5 45% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 792GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 81 81 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 71.2 Write 50 Mixed 48 SusWrite 82 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 1x8GB 19,744 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.2% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 7 23% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 32%

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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	53	24	60	31.5"	1280 720	DELD110 DELL S3222DGM

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	855x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	679x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	361x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,996x
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 $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	348x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	244x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16