Dell Inspiron 15 3520

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 47.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.89% 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	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0JY87N
Memory	0.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230811
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '23 at 21:59
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-1235U 8,532 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 12 threads Base clock 1.3 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Memory 50.6 1-Core 62.2 2-Core 131 46% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 394 38% 315 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 3,470 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 0BB9) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.4575 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	9.89% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.8 10% 13.3 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 17.6 Splatting 10.8 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.89% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN740 WD 256GB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 73914104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 392 241 225 139 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 1,050 Write 638 Mixed 462 SusWrite 246 132% 599 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 24 86% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 95.7 DQ Mixed 183 135% 182 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 354%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GB 13,137 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 3.8 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 178 22% 178 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 41%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	45	18	120	15.5"	1920 1009	LGD06D1

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Typical Inspiron 15 3520 Builds (Compare 619 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 15 3520

CPU
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples	233x
Core i7-1255UIntelBench 65%, 11,564 samples	191x
Core i3-1215UIntelBench 65%, 3,625 samples	89x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples	287x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 12%, 3,470 samples	128x
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	94x

SSD
PC SN740 WD 512GBNvmeBench 265%, 1,064 samples	96x
KBG50ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 177%, 1,621 samples	91x
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	42x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples	123x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 26,875 samples	117x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples	50x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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