Dell XPS M1530

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 20% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 18.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	1.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 30% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell XPS M1530 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0D501F
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 22:08
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%
CPU Throttled	30%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo T9500-$125 996 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Memory 35.2 1-Core 6 2-Core 6.1 14% 15.8 Pts	4-Core 11.1 8-Core 11 2% 11.1 Pts	64-Core 7.8 0% 7.8 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 2,041 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 022E) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.98 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.56% Terrible	Lighting 1.67 Reflection 3.31 Parallax 0.59 1% 1.86 fps	MRender 2.29 Gravity 1.23 Splatting 3.3 2% 2.27 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.56% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 58 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0	35.3% Below average	Read 242 Write 216 Mixed 193 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 5.29 40% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 20 DQ Mixed 14.9 14% 22.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.15% Terrible	MC Read 2.5 MC Write 1.7 MC Mixed 1.8 6% 2 GB/s	SC Read 0.3 SC Write 1 SC Mixed 0.7 2% 0.67 GB/s	Latency 226 18% 226 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 6.15% Great: 46%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 36%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS M1530

CPU
Core2 Duo T8100Intel $78Bench 35%, 2,639 samples	5x
Core2 Duo T8300Intel $27Bench 37%, 2,604 samples	4x
Core2 Duo T7500Intel $90Bench 35%, 4,281 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce 8600M GTNvidiaBench 1%, 2,041 samples	20x
GeForce 8400M GSNvidiaBench 1%, 2,357 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	2x
830 128GBSamsung $109Bench 63%, 37,250 samples	1x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	16x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	4x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	3x

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Value: 29% - Poor

Total price: $158

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