Dell Studio XPS 8000

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8000 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0X231R
Memory	3.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 04:00
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 137 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 342 35% 285 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 904E) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.8% Terrible	Lighting 0.97 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.18 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.8% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 526GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 26.4 Mixed 24.7 20% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.46 113% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01117 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8660 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11946 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 41865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5488 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 98 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 56 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 588578851 (C2) HDA temperature 61 53 655687719 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3062683 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	59.1% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 106 Mixed 80.2 71% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.33 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%
SAMSUNG HM160HI 160GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 33GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 18%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 5GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 2048, 1024, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35.2% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 10.7 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 46%

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Typical Studio XPS 8000 Builds (Compare 187 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Studio XPS 8000

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	118x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	51x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	15x

GPU
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	13x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	7x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	6x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	45x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	42x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	23x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $393

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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