Dell Inspiron 3480

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.16% 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	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

CPU throttled at 90% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 3480 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0TVM2J
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201028
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '21 at 23:19
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8565U 81,207 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 532 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 178,291 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 08C7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7463 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.16% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 8.1 5% 7.4 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.16% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 460GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 428 413 399 348 399 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 379 Mixed 374 SusWrite 398 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 40.9 128% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 178 169% 267 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905700-011.A00G 80AD000080AD HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 2R 3G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
22%	11%	75	52	32	60	21.5"	1920 1080	BNQ78E9 BenQ GW2283

History: Score 7: 1R 0G 2B | Score 22: 2R 3G 3B

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 3480

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	200x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	26x
Pentium 5405UIntelBench 48%, 2,193 samples	22x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	238x
UHD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 3,878 samples	29x
Radeon 520AMDBench 6%, 602 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
KINGSTON SNV2S50 500GBNvmeBench 196%, 312 samples	6x
KingFast 256GBBench 72%, 7,147 samples	5x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples	53x
AM1P26KC4U1-BACS 1x4GBAdataBench 36%, 111 samples	20x
HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 1x4GBUnknownBench 32%, 1,375 samples	20x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16