Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	23.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Studio XPS 9100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05DN3X
Memory	14.1 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101021
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 07:40
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$157 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.6% Below average	Memory 61.1 1-Core 71 2-Core 89.5 47% 73.9 Pts	4-Core 89.8 8-Core 146 14% 118 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 34 23% 31 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 37.1 25% 29.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 443GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8387 (03) Spinup time 112 102 7375 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3075 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1420 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1424746 (C2) HDA temperature 118 95 29 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 1311 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 194 192 1064 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 194 185 1359	9.41% Terrible	Read 3.41 Write 29.4 Mixed 4.8 9% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.004 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.005 4% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 9.41% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 6816 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5318 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88221814 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 521797659 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 -8589934565 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 29 6816 (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 -49593987355461 (F1) Unknown 100 253 981061182 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1594810580	56% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 99.5 Mixed 84.5 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 30GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 8976 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4397976627 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2403 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 521601053 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 29 8976 (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 -46067819201537 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1220080326 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4249112531	56% Above average	Read 100 Write 94.9 Mixed 102 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-654.A00LF 9905403-654.A00LF ACR256X64D3U1333C9 ACR256X64D3U1333C9 ACR128X64D3U1333C9 ACR128X64D3U1333C9 22GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 2048, 1024, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.8% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 43%

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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 $157Bench 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 $120Bench 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 $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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Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $380