Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 37.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XWYX4
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 05:01
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4030U 24,177 User benchmarks, average bench 45% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 0.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Memory 64.7 1-Core 25.7 2-Core 47.2 33% 45.9 Pts	4-Core 66.1 8-Core 70 9% 68.1 Pts	64-Core 67.3 4% 67.3 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0651) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	3.04% Terrible	Lighting 3.37 Reflection 4.23 Parallax 5.75 3% 4.45 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 6.3 4% 4.18 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.04% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 368 354 334 316 347 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 414 Write 398 Mixed 198 SusWrite 346 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 13.8 49% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 83 DQ Mixed 75.9 64% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.C16 1x8GB 5,265 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.7 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 33%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	852x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	676x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	360x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,986x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	175x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	137x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	346x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	243x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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