Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 13:46
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 73.2 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 97.3 47% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 115 8-Core 140 16% 127 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 59.8 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 62.4 49% 62.3 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 58 52% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 78 82 90 98 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 163 Write 129 Mixed 127 SusWrite 90 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 23 71% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 101 82% 115 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 453GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 82 97 124 140 129 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.5% Above average	Read 237 Write 228 Mixed 224 SusWrite 116 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 24.3 81% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 196 146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 121%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 58 68 104 110 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 113 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 90.3 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 112%
MB0500CBEPQ 500GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 14GB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 58 69 75 79 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 64.3 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 72 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown-15- PSD38G16002 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.2% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.3 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 38%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	267x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 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: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16