Dell Vostro 3478

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 88% 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

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 3478 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08R7RH
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200109
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 08:44
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 178 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 474 55% 430 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0841) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.45% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 6.1 5% 5.17 fps	MRender 6.5 Gravity 9 Splatting 0.1 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 89 39 23 13 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 401 Write 336 Mixed 170 SusWrite 58.8 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 5.4 46% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 28.4 37% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 55%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 275GB free Firmware: AX0P3D SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 103 104 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.5 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 102 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KMKYF9-MID 1x8GB 4,778 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 11.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 42%

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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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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Vostro 3478

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	64x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	27x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	89x
Radeon 520AMDBench 6%, 602 samples	2x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	6x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	4x

RAM
KMKYF9-MID 1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 4,778 samples	12x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBUnknownBench 33%, 8,561 samples	9x
KMKYF9-MID 86D30000802C 16GBUnknownBench 72%, 4 samples	4x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $29

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