Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.6% 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	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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	10.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100526
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '16 at 17:08
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 77.7 2-Core 148 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 377 40% 317 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 085A) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.6% Terrible	Lighting 9.97 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.47 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 11.3 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.6% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 60GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -71038759075801 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 56 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 42 60132294689 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 60132294689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294967234 (EA) Unknown 0 0 90 (F1) Unknown 0 0 90 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1000	33.3% Below average	Read 224 Write 55.6 Mixed 81.1 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 13.8 62% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 53.9 DQ Mixed 14.8 21% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 53%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 155 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 130 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 26 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.8% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 117 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.46 111% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KP223C-ELD 6x2GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

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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	196x
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	30x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	18x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $419

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16