Dell Inspiron 7720

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 7720 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04M3YM
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	24.9 Days
Run Date	May 09 '17 at 15:11
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 88.7 2-Core 156 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 437 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0578) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 2.88 4% 4.85 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 8.04 5% 5.38 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -47476567591346 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 436 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 125809 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 125809 (F2) Unknown 100 100 139150 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3112	38.4% Below average	Read 424 Write 69.4 Mixed 116 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 9.02 54% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 46.2 DQ Mixed 9.1 14% 26.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 67%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 13GB free Firmware: 07MH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1097 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 234 (B5) Unknown 100 100 395139088443 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	31.1% Below average	Read 265 Write 104 Mixed 151 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 4.42 50% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 315GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 1950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1111 (BF) G-sense error rate 91 91 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21786 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 39 (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 100 100 233 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5350862787 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6793878512 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	55.7% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 98.9 Mixed 98.8 74% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GB 5,366 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 58%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7720

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	303x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	118x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	32x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	308x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	177x
Ivy 4PhdgdBench 4%, 153 samples	1x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	79x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	71x
M471B5273EB0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 5,979 samples	29x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $529

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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