Dell XPS L421X

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 31.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS L421X (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0X86WT
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 10:47
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3337U 33,616 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Memory 54.9 1-Core 18.4 2-Core 31.4 26% 34.9 Pts	4-Core 54.8 8-Core 54.2 7% 54.5 Pts	64-Core 54.7 3% 54.7 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630M 7,774 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 054D) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3165 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 1.84 3% 3.31 fps	MRender 6.71 Gravity 4.77 Splatting 4.91 4% 5.46 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5323 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1015 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 335 (B2) Unknown 92 92 32 (B3) Unknown 94 94 48 (B4) Unknown 94 94 768 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 92 92 376 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8146330791 (F2) Unknown 99 99 11391022016	31.3% Below average	Read 251 Write 82.2 Mixed 117 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 9.07 43% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 28.6 DQ Mixed 25.1 32% 60 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 44%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 458GB free Firmware: GG2O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1024 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 5190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1017 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5408 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864314915 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 89 89 5163 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19206528602 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11643977937 (FE) Unknown 100 100 26	57.2% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 101 Mixed 16.1 52% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 1x8GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 9 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.6 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 33%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell XPS L421X

CPU
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	46x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	27x
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	18x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	102x
GeForce GT 630MNvidiaBench 3%, 7,774 samples	15x

SSD
SM841 2.5" 7mm 512GBSamsungBench 84%, 576 samples	6x
PM830 512GBSamsungBench 68%, 611 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 19,744 samples	10x
NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 1x8GBNanyaBench 29%, 372 samples	10x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	10x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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