Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '20 at 18:48
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 54.7 2-Core 101 50% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 364 32% 270 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% EVGA(3842 2710) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.83% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 4.41 4% 4.4 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.26 4% 4.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.83% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 58 58 61 60 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.3% Below average	Read 218 Write 62.1 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 59.2 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 16.6 62% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 30 DQ Mixed 64.2 59% 96.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 105%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 207GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 99 104 102 106 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 36.7 Write 34.6 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 103 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
CT51264BA1339.D16F 2x4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.7% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.3 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 5.3 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16