Dell Inspiron 3520

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 3520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0G8TPV
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120928
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '23 at 14:53
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NGA-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2370M-$272 10,169 User benchmarks, average bench 49% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Memory 70 1-Core 12.7 2-Core 78.6 35% 53.8 Pts	4-Core 27 8-Core 73.8 6% 50.4 Pts	64-Core 39 2% 39 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics P3000 18 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0555) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	1.76% Terrible	Lighting 2.6 Reflection 1.4 Parallax 0.5 2% 1.5 fps	MRender 1.5 Gravity 1 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.3 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 50 55 64 52 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 89.2 Write 86.7 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 47.2 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 8GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 313 13% 313 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 55%

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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	33	12	60	15.5"	1280 720	SEC4E30

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	70x
Core i3-2370MIntel $272Bench 49%, 10,169 samples	52x
Core i3-3110MIntel $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples	41x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	130x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	87x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples	34x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
Green 120GB (2018)WD $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples	5x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	36x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 8,533 samples	13x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 1x4GBNanyaBench 28%, 2,992 samples	12x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $80

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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