Dell Inspiron 5521

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.7% 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.

Run History

1 month ago, 18 days ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0C46Y8
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '24 at 08:35
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3537U 17,065 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 75.3 2-Core 132 56% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 185 25% 185 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8730M 95 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 05B8) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	3.76% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2 Parallax 2.8 3% 2.8 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 5.5 5% 6.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.76% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 835GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKZ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 430 428 427 422 407 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 148 Write 65.3 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 419 38% 166 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 9.1 35% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 13.4 DQ Mixed 12.7 10% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 2x4GB 2,894 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 58%

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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	63	51	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO45EC

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5521

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	258x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	173x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	98x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	639x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	13x
Radeon HD 8730MAMDBench 3%, 95 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	18x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 49%, 2,894 samples	60x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	59x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

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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 $131	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 $45	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