Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 32% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 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 34.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	20.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04RCV7
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 21:26
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3317U-$225 26,848 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Memory 57.7 1-Core 22 2-Core 36.3 28% 38.7 Pts	4-Core 64.3 8-Core 109 10% 86.9 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0598) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.18% Terrible	Lighting 1.27 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 0.88 1% 1.29 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 2.48 1% 1.69 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.18% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 180 56 21 54 15 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.7% Poor	Read 239 Write 218 Mixed 216 SusWrite 79.2 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.6 24% 6.67 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 565GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 77 76 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 81.7 Write 69.7 Mixed 47 SusWrite 75.7 50% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KSH-8G 2x8GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 14.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 3.6 SC Mixed 4.1 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.8% 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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	654x
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	1,519x
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 $49Bench 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: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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 $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