Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell Studio XPS 9100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05DN3X
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101021
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 07:57
Run Duration	386 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 76.5 2-Core 144 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 373 37% 304 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0012) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Lighting 8.9 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 7.03 7% 8.2 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 9.22 7% 7.94 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 1,612 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 30 Mixed 28.9 23% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.49 178% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 66%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 96 113485726 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 359 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 113822234 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 857800745 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 359 (C2) HDA temperature 41 54 77309411369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 23 113485726 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14933601245651 (F1) Unknown 100 253 981428587 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1401022403	54.1% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 90.3 Mixed 88.8 70% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 378GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 753 (03) Spinup time 171 168 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 71 71 29202 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 27 27 520592 (C2) HDA temperature 120 84 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 71	47.6% Average	Read 93.3 Write 72.3 Mixed 77.5 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 67%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1239 (03) Spinup time 156 154 3166 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7823 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 59328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7822 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 0 (F1) Unknown 100 253 0 (F2) Unknown 100 253 0	57.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 91.5 Mixed 99.7 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 60%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 65GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 163 2800 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6676 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 312956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1143 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 39 (C2) HDA temperature 104 93 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.1% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 55.9 Mixed 54.7 42% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.45 104% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GB 1,368 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 6 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 52%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 29%

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System: Dell Studio XPS 9100

CPU
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	195x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	90x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	20x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	18x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	15x
SD8TB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 213 samples	12x
FTM1TN325H 1TBBench 70%, 177 samples	11x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 24GBSamsungBench 51%, 13 samples	13x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 6x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 43 samples	11x
KP223C-ELD 6x2GBKingstonBench 52%, 31 samples	9x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $429

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 $184	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