Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 33%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.3% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0G26GT
Memory	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130103
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '23 at 15:36
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2375M 1,542 User benchmarks, average bench 43% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	33% Below average	Memory 58.5 1-Core 17.3 2-Core 28.9 27% 34.9 Pts	4-Core 45.9 8-Core 53.1 6% 49.5 Pts	64-Core 64.5 4% 64.5 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) 209,058 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0597) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	1.3% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 1.4 1% 1.5 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 2.1 1% 1.53 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.3% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 28 26 24 28 9.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.94% Terrible	Read 9.4 Write 32.2 Mixed 11.7 SusWrite 21.8 14% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.94% Great: 61%
HP USB Flash Drive 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1GB free, PID 1985 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.3 4.3 3.8 5.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 154 Write 8 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3.6 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 33% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston -022.A00LF 1x4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.6 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 6 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 3.2 SC Mixed 3.4 9% 3.2 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 29%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	34	21	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO45EC

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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	659x
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	1,535x
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	61x

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Value: 21% - Poor

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