Dell G15 Special Edition 5521

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	280% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 88% 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 G15 Special Edition 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0HF2GR
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220317
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '22 at 23:37
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700H 52,857 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 64.3 1-Core 184 2-Core 384 107% 211 Pts	4-Core 709 8-Core 1,023 108% 866 Pts	64-Core 1,775 110% 1,775 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Xe Graphics FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0B56) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1298 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 187 Parallax 30.3 5% 74.3 fps	MRender 1.3 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 1 1% 0.83 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN530 WDC 1024GB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 857GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1507 826 828 836 828 838 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 1545 Write 1,724 Mixed 1,537 SusWrite 944 324% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 270 4K Mixed 81.5 326% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 1,491 DQ Write 1,263 DQ Mixed 1,256 974% 1,337 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 280%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 417GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 82 83 81 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 79.8 Write 81.6 Mixed 50 SusWrite 81.9 99% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	113% Outstanding	MC Read 47.1 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 46 127% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 17.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 151%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 27%

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System: Dell G15 Special Edition 5521

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples	468x
Core i9-12900HIntelBench 99%, 15,403 samples	268x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	321x
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 123%, 4,475 samples	261x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	146x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 287%, 724 samples	259x
PM991a Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 205%, 439 samples	106x
BC901 SK hynix 1024GBNvmeBench 279%, 885 samples	48x

RAM
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples	184x
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 2,116 samples	118x
HMCG66MEBSA095N 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 1,777 samples	89x

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16