Dell Inspiron 3421

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.39% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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 3421 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0X097H
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '21 at 13:54
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2365M 2,016 User benchmarks, average bench 41% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.4 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Memory 71 1-Core 28.2 2-Core 51.4 36% 50.2 Pts	4-Core 72.3 8-Core 70.2 10% 71.2 Pts	64-Core 73.7 5% 73.7 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) 209,058 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0591) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	1.39% Terrible	Lighting 1.7 Reflection 1.8 Parallax 1.4 1% 1.63 fps	MRender 2.2 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 2.1 1% 1.67 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.39% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 48 51 59 57 57 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 71.7 Mixed 37 SusWrite 53.2 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 47%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 199GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 68 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 65.7 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 66 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 73GB free, PID 558a, Sandisk 128GB Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 1.7 2.3 2.1 1.6 2.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	0.82% Terrible	Read 2.8 Write 1.5 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 1.9 3% 2.1 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 0.82% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GB 1,654 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 57%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3421

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	208x
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	160x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	53x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	405x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	47x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	39x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	12x

RAM
SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 1x4GBSmartBench 29%, 675 samples	22x
SH564568FJ8NZRNSDG 0194 SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 6GBUnknownBench 42%, 168 samples	15x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	13x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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