Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	3.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 09V1VC
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140805
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	May 26 '15 at 11:17
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-4210U 82,966 User benchmarks, average bench 41% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 73.7 2-Core 125 46% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 190 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 20% Great: 53%

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. 10.18.14.4170 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.57% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 4.23 Parallax 5.47 4% 4.7 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 6.22 4% 4.07 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.57% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 146 1541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 54 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 848 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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 100 100 50 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1228028338 (F2) Unknown 200 200 1808250596 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	50.9% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 87.7 Mixed 83.8 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 61%
PHD 2.0 Silicon-Power DB 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 864GB free, PID 1d40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 26.2 Mixed 26.7 35% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.28 31% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 19%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	853x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	677x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	361x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,990x
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	80x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	347x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	243x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	188x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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