Dell Inspiron 1520

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Inspiron 1520  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KY767
Memory0.9 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20071105
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 22 '21 at 03:15
Run Duration185 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 77%

 PC Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo T7250-$97
Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2 GHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
19% Very poor
Memory 36.5
1-Core 3.2
2-Core 7.6
14% 15.8 Pts
4-Core 10.4
8-Core 11.1
2% 10.8 Pts
64-Core 13.5
1% 13.5 Pts
Poor: 20%
This bench: 19%
Great: 39%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family
Dell(1028 01F1) 384MB
Driver: igdumd32.dll Ver. 8.15.10.1749
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 0.6
Parallax 0.7
0% 0.47 fps
Splatting 0.3
0% 0.3 fps
Poor: 0% Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MK2035GSS 200GB-$285
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DK020M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 11 14 17 22 13 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
10.6% Very poor
Read 20.9
Write 21.9
Mixed 3.2
SusWrite 16.1
11% 15.5 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
52% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 10.6%
Great: 21%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x1GB
2 of 2 slots used
2GB DIMM DDR
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
5.35% Terrible
MC Read 1.9
MC Write 1.4
MC Mixed 1.6
5% 1.63 GB/s
SC Read 0.3
SC Write 1.1
SC Mixed 0.5
2% 0.63 GB/s
Latency 219
18% 219 ns
Poor: 6%
This bench: 5.35%
Great: 20%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron 1520 Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 1520

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