Dell Inspiron 5521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.9% 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 5521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell Type2 - Board Product Name1
Memory	3 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131025
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 16:46
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 45.7 2-Core 72.8 45% 66 Pts	4-Core 83.9 8-Core 85.3 11% 84.6 Pts	64-Core 92.5 6% 92.5 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.6% 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. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.35% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 5.15 Parallax 2.72 3% 3.85 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 7.13 4% 4.68 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.35% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6857290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 134707354276336 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 333 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 44 17182752802 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 17182752802 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6857290 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6857290 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6857290 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8493 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6080 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6080 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5163 (F4) Unknown 98 98 196673598	50.9% Above average	Read 422 Write 111 Mixed 161 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 12.9 81% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 64.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 30.5 38% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 291GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 140 (03) Spinup time 183 180 1808 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15873 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 50 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4699 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1923 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 167949 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 26 (C4) Reallocation count 189 189 11 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 94 94 5073 (F1) Unknown 200 200 49592066115 (F2) Unknown 200 200 52280888565 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	44% Average	Read 73.5 Write 79.6 Mixed 95.2 63% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 54%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 116GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 135 Write 53.8 Mixed 60 91% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.82 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.53 79% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 6GB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 53%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5521

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	258x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	173x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	98x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	639x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	13x
Radeon HD 8730MAMDBench 3%, 95 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	18x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 49%, 2,894 samples	60x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	59x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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