Dell Inspiron 3421

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Sail boat	Workstation 3% 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 32.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3421 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 002KW3
Memory	3.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 22:39
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	100%

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 Core i5-3337U 33,616 User benchmarks, average bench 47% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Memory 58.2 1-Core 15.1 2-Core 26.3 26% 33.2 Pts	4-Core 43.3 8-Core 44.9 6% 44.1 Pts	64-Core 44.6 3% 44.6 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 58%

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 0591) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.31 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 2.48 1% 1.71 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Colorful SL300 160GB 355 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200717 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 141 129 138 130 132 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.5% Poor	Read 209 Write 231 Mixed 195 SusWrite 137 44% 193 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 4.1 17% 6.93 MB/s	DQ Read 51.8 DQ Write 65.4 DQ Mixed 11.7 22% 43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 87%
Mass Storage Device 750GB 820 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 645GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 4.1 3.6 4 4 5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 598 Write 2.7 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 3.8 104% 153 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 215% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 0194 SH564568FJ8NZRNSDG 6GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 3.2 11% 3.93 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 52%

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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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3421

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	208x
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	160x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	53x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	405x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	47x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	39x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	12x

RAM
SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 1x4GBSmartBench 29%, 675 samples	22x
SH564568FJ8NZRNSDG 0194 SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 6GBUnknownBench 42%, 168 samples	15x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	13x

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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