Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell Studio XPS 8100
MotherboardDell Studio XPS 8100  (all builds)
Memory6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20100708
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateMay 10 '18 at 05:25
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 870-$100
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
76% Very good
Memory 94.1
1-Core 90.8
2-Core 175
72% 120 Pts
4-Core 325
8-Core 399
47% 362 Pts
64-Core 399
25% 399 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770
AMD(1002 2543) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
11.3% Very poor
Lighting 15.1
Reflection 11.6
Parallax 12.9
12% 13.2 fps
MRender 10.3
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 12.2
9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 11.3%
Great: 11%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB
645GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
73.1% Very good
Read 136
Write 119
Mixed 117
93% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.57
4K Write 1.98
4K Mixed 0.37
102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
43.1% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 13.7
MC Mixed 12
40% 14 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 13.2
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 59.5
67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 43.1%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Studio XPS 8100 Builds (Compare 668 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $492
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