Dell Latitude E6420

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (79%). 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.

System	Dell Latitude E6420 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K0DNP
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 02:36
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2520M-$34 45,308 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 53.5 2-Core 106 50% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 173 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) 110,588 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0493) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	2.14% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 3.27 Parallax 1.59 2% 2.4 fps	MRender 3.24 Gravity 1.3 Splatting 4.52 3% 3.02 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.14% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate SSD 500GB 1,930 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 203 127 98 99 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 329 Write 340 Mixed 300 SusWrite 146 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 17.5 63% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 200 171% 252 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair SODIM DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Latitude E6420 Builds (Compare 2,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E6420

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples	1,061x
Core i5-2540MIntel $315Bench 52%, 16,964 samples	306x
Core i7-2640MIntelBench 54%, 12,152 samples	194x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	1,632x
NVS 4200MNvidiaBench 2%, 6,825 samples	355x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	149x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	30x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	76x
M471B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 37%, 7,983 samples	73x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	64x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $62

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