Dell Latitude E6520

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 21% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 20.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 39% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell Latitude E6520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0J4TFW
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110915
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 21:46
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IRQ-User
Background CPU	42%
CPU Throttled	39%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.3% Poor	Memory 31 1-Core 14.9 2-Core 29.7 17% 25.2 Pts	4-Core 53.4 8-Core 72.3 8% 62.9 Pts	64-Core 71.4 4% 71.4 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0494) 2GB Driver: Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.03 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.67 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 69 77 78 81 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 376 Write 348 Mixed 264 SusWrite 112 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 12.5 41% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 62.4 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 61.6 46% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DBST8GN128S 2x8GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 3.1 SC Mixed 4 10% 3.6 GB/s	Latency 249 16% 249 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 50%

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E6520

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples	315x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	185x
Core i5-2540MIntel $315Bench 52%, 16,964 samples	144x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	716x
NVS 4200MNvidiaBench 2%, 6,825 samples	299x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	96x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	54x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	41x
M471B5273CH0-YK0 M471B5173QH0-YK0 8GBSamsungBench 46%, 268 samples	39x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $62

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16