Dell Inspiron 5421

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 5421 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 078TV1
Memory	0.8 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '20 at 00:18
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 107 52% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 93 19% 130 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0591) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	3.07% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 5.23 Parallax 0.09 3% 2.94 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 6.22 4% 4.01 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.07% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 497GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR20003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 23 26 30 45 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 48.5 Write 89.4 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 38 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5773DH0-CK0 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 6GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.1% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 11.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 10.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 94 42% 94 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 52%

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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 Inspiron 5421 Builds (Compare 138 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5421

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	87x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	30x
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	11x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	110x
GeForce GT 730MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,897 samples	26x
GeForce GT 640MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,728 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
PLUS 1000GBSandiskBench 44%, 44,528 samples	7x

RAM
Specified 2x4GBNotBench 47%, 63 samples	11x
SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 2x4GBSmartBench 52%, 1,166 samples	11x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 1x4GBNanyaBench 28%, 2,992 samples	7x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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