Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 50.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.7% 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	24.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '21 at 12:42
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Memory 66.1 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 130 56% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 208 28% 208 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Nvidia(10DE 097A) 2GB CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 1678 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 38.4 Parallax 46.7 27% 39.6 fps	MRender 51.1 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 37.4 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 107 57 49 48 62 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	24.8% Poor	Read 62.4 Write 214 Mixed 206 SusWrite 75.4 32% 139 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 6.3 40% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 96.8 84% 126 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 200GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 67 69 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 86.6 Write 86.5 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 68.1 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 68%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050V -63 500GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: AX0A1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 111 112 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 111 67% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KP223C-ELD KP223C-ELD Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 14.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 31%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	268x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
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: $488

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16