Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 33.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	9.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T5WPC
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 10:20
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4210U 82,966 User benchmarks, average bench 41% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	33.1% Below average	Memory 44.4 1-Core 57.2 2-Core 108 40% 69.7 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 123 17% 125 Pts	64-Core 155 10% 155 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 840M 20,978 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 0653) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5148 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Lighting 12.9 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 10.1 10% 10.9 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 8.39 7% 8.95 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 174 222 239 249 205 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.4% Above average	Read 209 Write 106 Mixed 206 SusWrite 218 42% 184 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 22.5 75% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 200 160% 222 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 827GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 105 101 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 111 Write 70.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 103 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GSK64W6H 1x8GB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 183 22% 183 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 33%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	853x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	677x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	361x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,989x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	175x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	137x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	347x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	243x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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 $179	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