Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 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 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.16% 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 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091209
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 04:08
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-750-$72 43,796 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 71.8 1-Core 41.9 2-Core 66.5 41% 60.1 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 104 14% 106 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83BE) 1GB CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.16% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 7.96 Parallax 4.94 5% 6.4 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 9.23 Splatting 12.6 8% 9.54 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.16% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 153 153 165 161 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 187 Mixed 73 SusWrite 148 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 646GB free, PID 231b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 18 18 18 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 21.8 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 17.7 30% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 42%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 404GB free, PID 231b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 18 19 18 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 22 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 17.7 30% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 97.3 41% 97.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Studio XPS 8100 Builds (Compare 668 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	267x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	194x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	49x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	34x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples	42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	21x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $507

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 $179	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