Dell Inspiron 15 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 23.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 15 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R84G9
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20231211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '24 at 07:10
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 2,697 User benchmarks, average bench 35% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.1 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Memory 33.1 1-Core 39.7 2-Core 58.1 27% 43.6 Pts	4-Core 74.3 8-Core 135 13% 105 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 605 14,651 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0B70) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9684 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	0.72% Terrible	Lighting 0.4 Reflection 0.5 Parallax 2.4 0% 1.1 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 1.5 2% 1.87 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.72% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm991a NVMe Samsung 256GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 26302039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 119 103 121 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 677 Write 179 Mixed 230 SusWrite 118 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 19.6 72% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 149 110% 146 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 199%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 1x8GB 2,458 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	16% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.9 17% 5.8 GB/s	SC Read 1.7 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 3.2 8% 2.93 GB/s	Latency 200 20% 200 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 44%

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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	45	33	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO5B94

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Typical Inspiron 15 3521 Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 15 3521

CPU
Pentium Silver N5030IntelBench 35%, 2,697 samples	15x
Celeron N4020IntelBench 21%, 5,047 samples	10x

GPU
UHD Graphics 605IntelBench 2%, 14,651 samples	15x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	10x

SSD
NVMe SSSTC 128GBCl1-3d128-q11Bench 94%, 825 samples	4x
NVMe KIOXIA 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 129%, 840 samples	3x
NVMe SK hynix 128GBBc711Bench 129%, 362 samples	3x

RAM
1x16GBUnknownBench 53%, 15,722 samples	5x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 2,458 samples	5x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 1x4GBUnknownBench 35%, 612 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16