Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 47.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (74%). 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	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 17:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 58.2 2-Core 115 49% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 174 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 310 4,147 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(1B0A 9060) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.29% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 0.53 1% 1.49 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 2 2% 2.08 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.29% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 157 149 138 116 125 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.5% Above average	Read 223 Write 231 Mixed 201 SusWrite 149 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 25.7 86% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 198 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 124%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 192GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 46 45 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 32.4 Write 68.4 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 45.3 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 438GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 108 112 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 112 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 183% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KP223C-ELD Kingston KP223C-ELD 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 41%

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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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Typical Studio XPS 8100 Builds (Compare 668 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $109Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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