Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.8% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemDell Studio XPS 9100  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 05DN3X
Memory9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20101021
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 26 '17 at 03:57
Run Duration82 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 960-$220
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 94
1-Core 86
2-Core 168
70% 116 Pts
4-Core 274
8-Core 426
43% 350 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770
AMD(1002 3000) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
11.8% Very poor
Lighting 15.2
Reflection 11.2
Parallax 13.1
12% 13.2 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 11.5
Splatting 15.2
11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 11.8%
Great: 11%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
59% Above average
Read 107
Write 98.6
Mixed 106
78% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 1.39
4K Mixed 0.48
110% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 59%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 6x2GB
6 of 6 slots used
12GB DIMM 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
52.3% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 19.2
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 14.4
40% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 59.8
67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 52.3%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Studio XPS 9100 Builds (Compare 419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

System: Dell Studio XPS 9100

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $418
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