Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 48.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04G65K
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120517
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 04:50
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3612QM 11,760 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 90.1 54% 81.1 Pts	4-Core 89.3 8-Core 93.7 12% 91.5 Pts	64-Core 92.7 6% 92.7 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 69%

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 0569) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5059 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.57% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 0 Parallax 2.47 3% 2.13 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 1.93 Splatting 7.48 4% 4.93 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.57% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 57 64 28 54 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 374 Write 180 Mixed 137 SusWrite 55.7 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 15.4 62% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 36.7 DQ Mixed 37.5 40% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GB 25,458 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 14.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	374x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	129x
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	85x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	638x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	41x
Radeon HD 7600MAMDBench 4%, 7,895 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	45x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $80

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	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