Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.05% 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.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% 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.

System	Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KD43Y
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170301
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 21:54
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7300HQ 170,871 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 111 2-Core 208 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 403 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0798) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 6.19 5% 12.6 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 5.43 Splatting 13.4 8% 8.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,543 Write 1,412 Mixed 1,120 302% 1,358 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59.4 200% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 935 DQ Mixed 1,080 818% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 262%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB 27,655 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 46GB free Firmware: HEF01D SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 73.9 Write 73.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 56.8 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 1.7 552% 6.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1.7 DQ Write 21 DQ Mixed 6.8 76% 9.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 64%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,921 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 5.7 5.6 6.5 5.7 5.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 15.1 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 5.4 16% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SF4641G8CK8IWGKSEG 1x8GB 2,900 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 45%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming - $799

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,189x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	2,166x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,667x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	1,990x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	696x

SSD
X400 M.2 2280 256GBSandiskBench 66%, 11,716 samples	305x
THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GBToshibaBench 54%, 5,253 samples	291x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	269x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	820x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	588x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	294x

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Total price: $799

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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