Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 32% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 30.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 06RYX8
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131025
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '23 at 10:05
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3217U 28,188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Memory 48.6 1-Core 27.5 2-Core 50.9 28% 42.3 Pts	4-Core 75.1 8-Core 92.9 11% 84 Pts	64-Core 86.5 5% 86.5 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.2867 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.82% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 2.6 3% 2.5 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 4.4 3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.82% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD HEORIADY 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: VE0R840D SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 301 322 277 126 140 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.1% Average	Read 260 Write 295 Mixed 261 SusWrite 240 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 14.8 51% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 86.4 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 140 99% 124 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 66%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 262GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 97 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 0.5 Write 97.3 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 95.9 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8A-PB 8GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 54%

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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	42	18	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO45EC

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	655x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	341x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,522x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	269x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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