Dell XPS L421X

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 23% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 22.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Dell XPS L421X (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08HDPJ
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120928
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '23 at 10:46
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3517U 8,454 User benchmarks, average bench 51% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	22.4% Poor	Memory 43 1-Core 10.4 2-Core 4.3 17% 19.2 Pts	4-Core 12.1 8-Core 14 2% 13.1 Pts	64-Core 16.4 1% 16.4 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 054D) 2GB Driver: Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	2.42% Terrible	Lighting 2.9 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 2.3 2% 2.27 fps	MRender 3.4 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3.7 2% 3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.42% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 148 166 172 169 172 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26% Poor	Read 179 Write 109 Mixed 144 SusWrite 159 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 5.3 20% 6.77 MB/s	DQ Read 74.4 DQ Write 55.7 DQ Mixed 21.6 28% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial ST102464BF160B.16F 1x8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.1 17% 6.1 GB/s	SC Read 2.4 SC Write 1 SC Mixed 2.3 6% 1.9 GB/s	Latency 243 16% 243 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 33%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	51	33	0	14"	1280 720	AUO103E

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Typical XPS L421X Builds (Compare 117 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS L421X

CPU
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	46x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	27x
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	18x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	102x
GeForce GT 630MNvidiaBench 3%, 7,774 samples	15x

SSD
SM841 2.5" 7mm 512GBSamsungBench 84%, 576 samples	6x
PM830 512GBSamsungBench 68%, 611 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 19,744 samples	10x
NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 1x8GBNanyaBench 29%, 372 samples	10x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	10x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16