Dell Inspiron 3521

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 35.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	5.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	18.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N1XH2
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 16:23
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3217U 28,188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Memory 59.9 1-Core 27 2-Core 30.2 30% 39 Pts	4-Core 67 8-Core 88.3 10% 77.7 Pts	64-Core 89 6% 89 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 53%

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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Lighting 6.13 Reflection 6.04 Parallax 5.09 5% 5.76 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.02 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841N 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,088 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 47 151 64 143 147 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.8% Very poor	Read 216 Write 126 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 114 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 2.6 10% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 12GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 8 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 5 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 55%

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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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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	656x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	341x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,524x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	269x
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 $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	29x

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 $39	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