Dell XPS420

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 44.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS420 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0TP406
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 04:39
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Memory 69.9 1-Core 27.7 2-Core 54 36% 50.5 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 109 15% 109 Pts	64-Core 109 7% 109 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.7% Very good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 112 Parallax 110 70% 103 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 175 180 182 188 188 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.3% Above average	Read 220 Write 201 Mixed 196 SusWrite 179 45% 199 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 31.9 103% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 71.7 DQ Mixed 45.8 37% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 38GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 83 85 84 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 93.1 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 84.1 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 76%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 515GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 73 72 71 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 87.4 Write 89.8 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 72 51% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 62%

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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.7% Very poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 5.3 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 45%

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

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System: Dell XPS420

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	107x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	20x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	10x
GeForce 8800 GTNvidiaBench 6%, 5,568 samples	10x

SSD
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
MZ5PA064HMCD-01000 64GBSamsungBench 30%, 84 samples	5x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	104x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	24x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	24x

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Total price: $192

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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