Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 1% 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.95% 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	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 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091209
Uptime	58.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 23:56
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.5% Average	Memory 58.7 1-Core 77 2-Core 115 50% 83.5 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 181 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 220 19,671 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 069A) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	2.95% Terrible	Lighting 3.43 Reflection 5 Parallax 1.41 3% 3.28 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 3.83 3% 4.01 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.95% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 819GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3845 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3813 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3771 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 29 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 74 74 19101 (F1) Unknown 200 200 29147654562 (F2) Unknown 200 200 23854631074	74.1% Very good	Read 143 Write 116 Mixed 107 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.41 113% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 75%
WD My Book 1235 3TB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 21.6 Mixed 26.3 33% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 60%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 3,226 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 3.82 Mixed 5.59 8% 8.04 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 17% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B8HC0NF-BE BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. NT2GC64B8HC0NF-BE BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.7% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.8 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.4 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 27%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	268x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	194x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	49x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	34x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples	42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	21x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $473

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16