Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.2% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0MND5Y
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '20 at 03:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium 2117U 5,157 User benchmarks, average bench 43% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Memory 51.1 1-Core 22.3 2-Core 44.4 27% 39.3 Pts	4-Core 44.3 8-Core 43.8 6% 44 Pts	64-Core 44.5 3% 44.5 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz) 28,701 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	1.58% Terrible	Lighting 1.63 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 1.25 1% 1.5 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 1 Splatting 3.22 2% 2.45 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.58% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 389 423 411 402 405 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 432 Write 396 Mixed 392 SusWrite 399 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 23.9 70% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 121 89% 118 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.C16 1x8GB 5,265 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	23.4% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.2 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 157 26% 157 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 33%

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

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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	651x
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	1,516x
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 $46Bench 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: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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