Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 01:16
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 157 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 341 39% 302 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3765) 2GB; Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 31.3 28% 30.3 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 31.7 28% 34 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 381GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 108 151 65 116 83 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.2% Very poor	Read 228 Write 164 Mixed 114 SusWrite 104 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 1.2 9% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 58%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 111GB free Firmware: SBFM71.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 90 49 47 50 48 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.5% Average	Read 214 Write 112 Mixed 197 SusWrite 85.1 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 17.2 73% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 120 106% 156 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 84 77 86 95 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 148 Write 29.2 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 86.3 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GB 938 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 11.5 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 52%

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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%

Surfboard

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 $94Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16