Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.75% 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.

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System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0FXP6Y
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 12:37
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium 2127U 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 44% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48.7% Average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 52 2-Core 103 50% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 100 8-Core 103 14% 102 Pts	64-Core 101 6% 101 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz) 28,701 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	1.75% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.38 2% 1.65 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.52 2% 2.73 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.75% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 151 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4311 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24220 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2475 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19841104351 (F2) Unknown 200 200 33558026419 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	58% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 104 Mixed 96.7 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%
ST950042 0ASG 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 462GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 40.8 Mixed 20.7 41% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.34 58% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BF160BJ.M8F Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 8GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 55%

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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	657x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	345x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	305x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,531x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	270x
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 $25Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	29x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	141x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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