Dell Inspiron 5521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 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.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	23.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 79% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell Inspiron 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0C46Y8
Memory	4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '20 at 17:21
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AZE-User
Background CPU	53%
CPU Throttled	79%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3537U 17,065 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 7.4 2-Core 21.4 6% 14.4 Pts	4-Core 38.4 8-Core 42.5 5% 40.5 Pts	64-Core 39.7 2% 39.7 Pts
Poor: 31% Great: 61%

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 05B8) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5100 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.27 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 0.88 1% 1.28 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.43 2% 1.75 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37 240GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0423B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 215 307 354 365 299 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 79.6 Write 108 Mixed 106 SusWrite 297 34% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 1.8 8% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173CB0-YK0 M471B5773CHS-CH9 6GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 7.4 19% 6.5 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 3.8 10% 3.53 GB/s	Latency 752 5% 752 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 44%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5521

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	258x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	174x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	98x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	640x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	13x
Radeon HD 8730MAMDBench 3%, 95 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	18x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 49%, 2,894 samples	60x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	59x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16