Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 17% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 36.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0CPH8W
Memory	0.4 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 17:25
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron 1007U 5,995 User benchmarks, average bench 39% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	36.2% Below average	Memory 58.7 1-Core 22 2-Core 52.7 30% 44.5 Pts	4-Core 82 8-Core 84.2 11% 83.1 Pts	64-Core 81.2 5% 81.2 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz) 28,701 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0597) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	0.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 0.58 Parallax 0.47 0% 0.54 fps	MRender 1.19 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.83 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (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 1096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 171 (A3) Unknown 100 100 49 (A4) Unknown 100 100 66773 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 74 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 284315 (F2) Unknown 100 100 737211 (F5) Unknown 100 100 267092	45.2% Average	Read 474 Write 239 Mixed 258 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 9.85 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 9.25 33% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.3 DQ Write 23.6 DQ Mixed 11.7 14% 25.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 92%
Kingston DT microDuo 16GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.08% Terrible	Read 27.1 Write 8.17 Mixed 10.1 16% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.72 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.004 22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 1x2GB 1,475 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	28.3% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 32%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	653x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	340x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,518x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	268x
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 $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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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