Dell Studio 540

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.09% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Studio 540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M017G
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090825
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 19:37
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 72 1-Core 43.2 2-Core 85.9 44% 67 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 169 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.09% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.55 fps	MRender 1.62 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.32 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.09% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 297GB free Firmware: CC67 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176810144 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 390811422 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 59 689700904 (C2) HDA temperature 40 41 81604378664 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 33 176810144 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62444529543440 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3418553744 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2481799833	51.8% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 91 Mixed 31.4 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP73 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27290240 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1955 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 12996686094 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1926 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1475932474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 17819172901 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 -140737488355291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 44 27290240 (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 200 192 25841	56.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.5 Mixed 26.7 54% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 74%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 18GB free Firmware: 06.01C06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 160 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19290 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11825 (C2) HDA temperature 104 80 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 115 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	25.7% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 49.8 Mixed 33 30% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.45 109% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 33%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$32 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 12GB free Firmware: 3.CHF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7867 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 756833031 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4429 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 623050789 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 66 896916 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	34.1% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 59 Mixed 30.9 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.41 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	21% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.2 19% 6.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Studio 540

CPU
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	41x
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	17x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x

GPU
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	12x
Radeon HD 4300ATIBench 1%, 14,988 samples	11x
Radeon HD 3450ATIBench 1%, 4,621 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
easystore 240GBWDBench 48%, 2,807 samples	4x
CS1311 240GBPNY $78Bench 81%, 26,547 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	58x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	26x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	12x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $77

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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