Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	3.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 06RYX8
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '15 at 20:59
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3217U 28,188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 49.5 2-Core 87.7 32% 68.6 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 143 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 28% Great: 53%

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 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3958 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 2.66 3% 3.87 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 7.35 4% 4.68 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: FG002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1001 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4652 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 9353 (0A) Spinup retry count 192 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4472 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 38 622657572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1021 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 52298526 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 56450 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 57.6 Mixed 59.5 46% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 41%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 2GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 149 Write 54.6 Mixed 52.6 90% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.73 78% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 33%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

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Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	655x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	341x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,522x
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 $44Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16