Dell Dimension E521

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 26.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	12.9% 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	14.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

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System	Dell Dimension E521
Motherboard	Dell Dimension E521 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20061209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '23 at 21:10
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Socket M2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Memory 46.4 1-Core 36.5 2-Core 35 28% 39.3 Pts	4-Core 42.7 8-Core 44.5 6% 43.6 Pts	64-Core 43.2 3% 43.2 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 2304) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 19.6 Parallax 15.5 14% 17.6 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 11.1 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 2000 GB 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: V060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 54 48 51 29 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	14.2% Very poor	Read 66.5 Write 61.5 Mixed 60 SusWrite 41.3 13% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 6.1 25% 7.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 45.8 DQ Mixed 18.2 18% 28.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB 189GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 28 30 20 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.2% Poor	Read 58.1 Write 71.4 Mixed 37.6 SusWrite 25.3 64% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 93% 1.03 MB/s

WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 239GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 54 44 48 27 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 77.9 Write 68.1 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 39.3 72% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 44%
WDC WD10 EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 187GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 27 30 20 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 77.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 25.2 70% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 3 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	MC Read 3.4 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 4.9 14% 4.83 GB/s	SC Read 1.9 SC Write 3.1 SC Mixed 2.3 7% 2.43 GB/s	Latency 226 18% 226 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 52%

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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	24	6	60	20"	1280 720	HWP2828 HP 2009

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Typical Dimension E521 Builds (Compare 26 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 32%

Sail boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Dimension E521

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+AMDBench 32%, 784 samples	7x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+AMDBench 41%, 5,594 samples	5x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+AMD $84Bench 34%, 2,640 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce 6150NvidiaBench 0%, 477 samples	4x
GeForce 7300 LENvidiaBench 0%, 202 samples	3x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	2x

SSD
WDS 250G2B0A-00S 250GBWDCBench 64%, 1 sample	3x
X25-M 80GBIntelBench 34%, 12,660 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	11x
3x1GBUnknownBench 17%, 7,767 samples	4x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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