Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 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 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 28.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

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

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 033MX4
Memory	3 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130103
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '23 at 22:58
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GTM-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3227U 7,282 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Memory 49.6 1-Core 18.6 2-Core 31.3 24% 33.2 Pts	4-Core 42.1 8-Core 43.5 6% 42.8 Pts	64-Core 43.9 3% 43.9 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0597) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.31% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.1 Parallax 0.5 2% 1.13 fps	MRender 1.6 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.23 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.31% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$70 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 244 256 244 252 257 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 389 Write 359 Mixed 304 SusWrite 258 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 16.9 56% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 95 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 71.9 55% 76.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 118%
Seagate BUP Slim 480GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 57GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 146 64 49 46 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 304 Write 288 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 106 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 8.5 34% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 37.3 DQ Mixed 25.1 22% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 6GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 7.1 19% 6.77 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 4.7 13% 4.43 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 54%

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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	24	20	60	15.5"	1280 720	SDC5441

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	658x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	345x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	305x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,533x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	270x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $25Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	29x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	141x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	61x

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Value: 21% - Poor

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