Dell Chromebook 7310 review

The $151 Chromebook Whose Gaming Axis Reads High

The Dell Chromebook 7310 (2015) is a Broadwell-era Chromebook with a Celeron 3205U, listed at $151. Its sheet contains a genuine oddity: a gaming index of 71 in the high band — the highest gaming reading in this batch alongside a group of old Inspirons — sitting next to an office score of 30.29 in the low band.

Where it holds up

Graphics is the flagged strength, reading 45.85 against a general-class median of 27.24 — 68% above median. The gaming index of 71 follows it into the high band, and portability reads 75.1, also high. Performance overall reaches mid-band at 35.78. The honest caveat belongs beside these numbers: a 2015 Celeron Chromebook is not a gaming machine, and a high gaming axis here reflects where the scoring scale places this old integrated graphics, not modern playability. The mid-band value score of 54.35, meanwhile, is a fair reading at $151.

Where it falls short

Reliability is the flagged weakness: 20 against a class median of 54, low band — fleet data does not trust an eleven-year-old education chassis. Office reads 30.29, modeling 23, engineering CAD 18, and photo design 29, all low band. CPU performance posts 25.71 against a median of 58.99.

Price and depreciation

The listing price is $151. No depreciation baseline is recorded, so no dollar curve is projected; the modeled rate for its cohort is 7.57% per year — gentle, as befits hardware already near the floor of its value.

Alternatives to consider

The Chromebook 13 3380 in this batch is the sparse-record alternative with a mobility reading of 76. For a fuller used-machine experience, the Inspiron 3558 (2015) at the same $151 offers an i3 and a mid-band value score of 53.95.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. Take the high gaming axis as a scoring-scale artifact on eleven-year-old silicon; the real strengths here are the price and the carry weight.