Dell Inspiron 5520

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	94.5% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 5520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04G65K
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130513
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 18:11
Run Duration	95 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3210M-$52 79,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 72.3 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 111 52% 84 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 189 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 384 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 207 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 44 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1794137832	94.5% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 410 Mixed 419 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 37.3 132% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 64.9 81% 146 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 265GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133841896 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 77566435613 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 124712965382521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 57 57 43 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885819410 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 4799856669 (BF) G-sense error rate 72 72 57975 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76252 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 60129542173 (C4) Reallocation count 91 91 31894427148147 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 31894427148147 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2051635348 (F2) Unknown 100 253 797107198 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	50.5% Above average	Read 97 Write 79 Mixed 84.2 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264HZ-1G6M1 2x4GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 16 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 58%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5520

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	374x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	129x
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	85x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	638x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	41x
Radeon HD 7600MAMDBench 4%, 7,895 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	45x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $80

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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