Dell Studio Slim 540s

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 20% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell Studio Slim 540s (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M017G
Memory	1.3 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E7200-$14 6,054 User benchmarks, average bench 38% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 36.5 2-Core 72.2 40% 59.9 Pts	4-Core 71.8 8-Core 72.1 10% 71.9 Pts	64-Core 71.3 4% 71.3 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset 6,554 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 02AC) Driver: igdumd32.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2702 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 0.65 Parallax 0.72 1% 0.72 fps	MRender 0.57 Gravity 0.57 Splatting 0.96 1% 0.7 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8119081 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 82703890259103 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2774 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 439 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8119081 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8119081 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8119081 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9425 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6841 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6841 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15983	32.2% Below average	Read 152 Write 95.7 Mixed 101 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 9.41 62% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 8.85 20% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 190GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 7196 (03) Spinup time 139 134 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10147 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8701 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10147 (C2) HDA temperature 105 90 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 195 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 195 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 0 (F0) Head flying hours 84 84 12101 (F1) Unknown 200 200 25149489625 (F2) Unknown 200 200 39728025392	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 99 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.46 119% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x1GB 68,489 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.7 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 20%

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

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Typical Studio Slim 540s Builds (Compare 14 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

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Workstation 4%

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System: Dell Studio Slim 540s

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	2x

GPU
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	4x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	3x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x
X25-M 160GBIntelBench 36%, 7,078 samples	2x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	10x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	1x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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