Dell Inspiron 530

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 23% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.2% 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	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Inspiron 530 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RY007
Memory	1.5 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 02:03
Run Duration	573 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium Dual E2160-$47 4,697 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 19.9 2-Core 38.2 30% 40.5 Pts	4-Core 38.3 8-Core 38.7 5% 38.5 Pts	64-Core 38.8 2% 38.8 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 39%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.69 1% 1.68 fps	MRender 2.05 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.87 1% 1.59 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 186GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 126 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23658 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 35034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6315 (C2) HDA temperature 108 89 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.2% Below average	Read 51 Write 53.8 Mixed 46.2 38% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 32%
Maxtor 6 L250R0 251GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 132GB free Firmware: BAH4 Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 25.4 Mixed 25.5 19% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 3.92 4K Mixed 0.19 110% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 35%
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 3H 120GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 112GB free Firmware: SB3IC7UP Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 4128806 (02) Throughput performance 47 47 13430 (03) Spinup time 179 179 111669149698 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 13607 (05) Reallocated sector count 28 28 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 33 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 20186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 9700 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3172205146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 551329 (C2) HDA temperature 134 134 219044053033 (C4) Reallocation count 44 44 2961 (C5) Current pending sector count 86 86 1087 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	9.15% Terrible	Read 1.84 Write 29.7 Mixed 6.47 9% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.23 62% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 9.15% Great: 24%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 71GB free Firmware: 3.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 97 216014061 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5744 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 460275044 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4910 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 689963049 (C2) HDA temperature 41 48 64424509481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 55 74629165 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42% Average	Read 72.7 Write 73.5 Mixed 45.6 48% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 54%
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB-$40 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBDOC7HP Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 8121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 11185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4608 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 216634 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 193274576938 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	20% Poor	Read 37.1 Write 32.5 Mixed 35.4 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.18 48% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 25%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 40GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 26.4 Mixed 25.8 20% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 43%
OCZ RALLY2 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 26GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 4.8 Mixed 6.57 10% 9.93 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 5% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x1GB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3 of 4 slots used 3GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	12.8% Very poor	MC Read 4.6 MC Write 3.3 MC Mixed 3.5 11% 3.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 3.7 10% 3.63 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 40%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 530

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	43x
Core2 Duo E8600Intel $180Bench 44%, 6,109 samples	12x
Core2 Duo E4500Intel $130Bench 33%, 8,675 samples	11x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	7x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	7x
Radeon HD 3450ATIBench 1%, 4,621 samples	7x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
easystore 240GBWDBench 48%, 2,807 samples	4x
SSD 240GBBench 75%, 38,401 samples	3x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	39x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	37x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	11x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $138

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16