Dell Inspiron 531

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 35%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	6.08% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	34.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 531 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RY206
Memory	2.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 13:11
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ 2,693 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	35% Below average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 30.5 2-Core 61 34% 50.5 Pts	4-Core 60.6 8-Core 61.4 8% 61 Pts	64-Core 61.7 4% 61.7 Pts
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 635 3,722 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 1032) 1GB CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.12 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	6.08% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 7.65 Parallax 8.84 6% 8.1 fps	MRender 4.43 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 7.52 6% 6.59 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.08% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-1 80GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: DMH1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.9% Below average	Read 219 Write 173 Mixed 194 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 3.16 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 17.8 41% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 16 19% 32 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 698GB free Firmware: 3.CH Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 72 Write 76.3 Mixed 71.6 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	16% Very poor	MC Read 4.6 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.4 15% 5.13 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 4.2 12% 4.37 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 28%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 531

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+AMDBench 36%, 5,372 samples	5x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	2x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+AMD $84Bench 34%, 2,640 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 2600-XTATIBench 2%, 1,081 samples	2x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	1x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	1x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	1x
0 240GBCt240bx5Bench 50%, 1,468 samples	1x
SU 650 240GBAdataBench 61%, 283 samples	1x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	4x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $42

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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