Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NT0M2
Memory	1.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '24 at 07:19
Run Duration	380 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2365M 2,016 User benchmarks, average bench 41% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.4 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	24% Poor	Memory 37.6 1-Core 23.4 2-Core 39.2 22% 33.4 Pts	4-Core 60.4 8-Core 66 8% 63.2 Pts	64-Core 64.6 4% 64.6 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) 209,058 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	1.36% Terrible	Lighting 1.7 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 1.4 1% 1.57 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 2.1 1% 1.57 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.36% Great: 2%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR046 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	Read 261 Write 268 Mixed 250 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 18 60% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 120 98% 141 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 385GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 75.9 Write 76.5 Mixed 41.4 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston SNY1600S11-2G-EDEG Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 6GB 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.2% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.4 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 237 17% 237 ns

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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	55	45	60	26"	1280 720	XXX0000

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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	654x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	340x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,519x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	268x
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 $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 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: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16