Dell Vostro 420 Series

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 1% 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 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 30.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.37% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 420 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N185P
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090417
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 03:16
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%

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 Core2 Duo E7400-$130 14,354 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Memory 52.3 1-Core 26.9 2-Core 55.3 30% 44.8 Pts	4-Core 55.5 8-Core 60.3 8% 57.9 Pts	64-Core 59.8 4% 59.8 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 620 17,163 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 0990) 2GB CLim: 710 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.37% Terrible	Lighting 3.03 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 3.38 2% 3.3 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 1.91 2% 2.73 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.37% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: V54OA58A SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 36 33 39 40 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 63.5 Write 43.2 Mixed 37 SusWrite 35.2 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 40%
Fujitsu MHV2160BT PL 160GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 149GB free Firmware: 00000050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 31 31 31 31 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 30.7 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 31.1 21% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 262GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 61 Write 60.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 59.9 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 4.5 Mixed 12.6 SusWrite 3.8 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 4.2 MC Mixed 3.4 12% 4.17 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 3 SC Mixed 3.8 9% 3.27 GB/s	Latency 152 26% 152 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 45%

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Typical Vostro 420 Series Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 420 Series

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	3x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	3x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TBBench 98%, 11,576 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	24x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $232

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