Dell Vostro 420 Series

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 420 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N185P
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090417
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '18 at 19:16
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Memory 60.4 1-Core 37.8 2-Core 75.7 37% 58 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 146 20% 147 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3559) 3GB CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 41.1 27% 34.9 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 27.6 28% 35.9 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 78GB free Firmware: ZM100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 49 Write 54.7 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 39.4 33% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 33%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 59 90 68 91 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 88.5 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 77.6 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 70%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 405GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 132 138 137 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 134 Write 141 Mixed 73 SusWrite 134 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 77%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 534GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 80 93 91 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 87.7 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.3 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.3 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 45%

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Typical Vostro 420 Series Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 420 Series

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	3x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	3x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TBBench 98%, 11,576 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	24x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $230

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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