Dell Inspiron 7520

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	29.6% 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 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 7520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DNMM8
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 03:01
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 54.8 2-Core 109 50% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 151 19% 146 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 58%

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 0572) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 11.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.64% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 2.75 3% 4.04 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.61 4% 4.96 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.64% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MZMPC032HBCD-000D1 32GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16161 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6883 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 1 1 3764 (B2) Unknown 95 95 18 (B3) Unknown 96 96 28 (B4) Unknown 96 96 788 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 2 (E8) Unknown 95 95 390 (F1) Unknown 99 99 120567205219 (F2) Unknown 99 99 96633080939	29.6% Poor	Read 321 Write 65.2 Mixed 101 35% 163 MB/s	4K Read 4.24 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 5.34 28% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 27.9 DQ Mixed 23.3 36% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 44%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 6,502 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 172GB free Firmware: 1306 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 79.1 Write 80 Mixed 84.4 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.22 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%
Seagate ST98823AS 80GB-$121 641 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 12GB free Firmware: 3.04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 98 187985669 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3112 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 54 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 296778141 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3187 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 11112 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1458 (BE) vendor-specific 49 31 28231678754867 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1633 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 86478 (C2) HDA temperature 51 69 64424509491 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 48 173605312 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	13% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 23.5 Mixed 22.3 17% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.26 57% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Smart SH564128FH8NZQNSCG 2x4GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 57%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7520

CPU
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	217x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	144x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	63x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	442x
Radeon HD 7700MAMDBench 6%, 367 samples	18x
Radeon HD 7730MAMDBench 4%, 191 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
SH564128FH8NZQNSCG 2x4GBSmartBench 50%, 805 samples	41x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	33x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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