Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.5% 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	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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 05:35
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 164 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 301 35% 272 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 13 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.8 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 108 151 162 167 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 126 Write 93.8 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 149 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 112%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 23GB free, PID 9106 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 15 13 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 11 Mixed 13 SusWrite 14.4 18% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.2 62% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 16%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 360GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 19 20 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 26.7 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 18.7 32% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 49%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 919GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 28.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 28.5 40% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 F6451U64F9333G HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 F6451U64F9333G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 41%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

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 $94Bench 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: $492

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