Dell Inspiron 7520

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron 7520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DNMM8
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140612
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '19 at 15:13
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3210M-$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 (67^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 83.4 2-Core 135 56% 95.1 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 201 27% 200 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 57%

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 0572) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.65% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 5.31 Parallax 2.75 3% 4.04 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.61 4% 4.95 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.65% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 1TB-$380 709 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 132GB free Firmware: SAFM00.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 132 76 76 79 98 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.7% Poor	Read 175 Write 119 Mixed 200 SusWrite 91.7 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 12.4 35% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 55.7 DQ Mixed 20.4 38% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 160 197 122 124 175 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 189 Write 233 Mixed 286 SusWrite 160 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 11.7 42% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 101 78% 109 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-417.A00LF 2x8GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 58%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 7520

CPU
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	217x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	144x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	63x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	442x
Radeon HD 7700MAMDBench 6%, 367 samples	18x
Radeon HD 7730MAMDBench 4%, 191 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
MX500 500GBCrucial $39Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
SH564128FH8NZQNSCG 2x4GBSmartBench 50%, 805 samples	41x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	33x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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