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Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 19% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 22.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.39% 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	4GB 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. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DXYP6
Memory	0.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '22 at 08:27
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4030U 24,177 User benchmarks, average bench 45% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Memory 27.5 1-Core 22 2-Core 41.7 19% 30.4 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 121 14% 112 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0651) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	2.39% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 1.2 Parallax 3.1 3% 2.53 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 2.4 2% 2.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.39% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$39 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 816GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 58 62 73 68 47 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 86.7 Write 75.7 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 61.8 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GB 51,191 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1 of 1 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	MC Read 4.2 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 4.4 13% 4.57 GB/s	SC Read 0.5 SC Write 0.2 SC Mixed 0.2 1% 0.3 GB/s	Latency 270 15% 270 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 32%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	883x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	696x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	369x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	2,049x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	180x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	139x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	83x
BX500 240GBCrucial $23Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	64x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	359x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	247x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	191x

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Value: 23% - Poor

Total price: $25

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $133
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i7-14700K $355	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350