Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 23% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.27% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 033MX4
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 19:41
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3227U 7,282 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27% Poor	Memory 46.5 1-Core 14 2-Core 30.8 22% 30.4 Pts	4-Core 46.9 8-Core 40.1 6% 43.5 Pts	64-Core 28.4 2% 28.4 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 54%

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. 10.18.10.5059 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.27% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.3 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 3.13 2% 1.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.27% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: GG2OA950 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 48 43 46 53 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 42.2 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 46.9 33% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 58%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 3,832 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 21GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 8.2 9.4 9 7.8 9.3 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 17 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 10.1 24% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.6 175% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 8GB 466 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 7.9 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 4.3 12% 4.2 GB/s	Latency 174 23% 174 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 56%

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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 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	654x
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	1,519x
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 $35Bench 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: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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