Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 31.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.2% 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.

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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '23 at 16:45
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3217U 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 (11^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Memory 51.2 1-Core 28.1 2-Core 50.5 29% 43.3 Pts	4-Core 71.8 8-Core 85.4 10% 78.6 Pts	64-Core 75.7 5% 75.7 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.8% 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: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	3.09% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 2.5 3% 2.57 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 6.2 4% 4.1 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.09% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SB8U-128G-1006 128GB 1,947 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 83 80 61 80 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 326 Write 279 Mixed 202 SusWrite 80.9 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 19.6 68% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 153 124% 176 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 18GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 78 84 83 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 83 Write 70.5 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 81.7 47% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 78% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 61%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 28GB free, PID 1666, Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 13 14 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 56.1 Write 11.5 Mixed 18.9 SusWrite 13.5 27% 25 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.5 40% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G9P1 16GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1777 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 59%

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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	59	44	60	15.5"	1280 720	CMN15C6

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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	656x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	343x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,526x
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	29x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	140x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $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