Dell Inspiron 11 3162 review

The Lightest Record in the Batch: 94.6 Portability

The Dell Inspiron 11 3162 is an 11-inch netbook-era Inspiron with 4 GB of memory, and it posts the single highest portability reading in this batch: 94.6, top band. Almost everything else in its sheet sits at or near the bottom — no listing price is recorded.

Where it holds up

Portability at 94.6 is the sole top reading, and mobility posts 99 against an ultrabook median of 64 — top quartile. For a machine whose only job is to be carried, the sheet is emphatic. Gaming reads 19, modeling 12, engineering CAD 19, and photo design 13, all low band but not zero — the record distinguishes "weak" from "unscored", and this one is weak. The distinction is the whole value of the sheet here: a buyer knows exactly how little machine they are getting, and exactly how well it carries.

Where it falls short

The performance index reads 0.37 against a class median of 41.72 — effectively bottom-tier — and office reads 1.1. Graphics is a coverage gap rather than a measured zero (no GPU entry, score 0 against a median of 3.84), and the composite score of 3 sits 94% below the class median of 49. This is a single-purpose carrying device by every measured number.

Price and depreciation

No listing price is recorded and no depreciation curve is modeled for this entry — there is no baseline to project from.

Alternatives to consider

The Inspiron 11 3168 in this batch keeps the same carry-first character with a performance reading of 45.85 — worth the trade if any compute is needed. The Chromebook 11 offers the same extreme portability profile with ChromeOS.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The best-carrying record in this batch and one of the weakest computing records in it — both claims are equally true.