Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.4% 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	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (50%). 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	2.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 09:36
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Memory 63.2 1-Core 63.7 2-Core 108 48% 78.4 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 155 21% 155 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 12.9 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 151 37 87 49 109 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.7% Above average	Read 249 Write 227 Mixed 214 SusWrite 96.7 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 27.2 99% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 46.7 68% 127 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 99 Write 97.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 96.1 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 585GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 116 118 118 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 48.7 Write 41.7 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 109 44% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 Samsung M378B2873FH0-CH9 Samsung M378B2873FH0-CH9 6GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 1024, 1024 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.7% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 11 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 32%

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

Gaming 22%

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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 $279	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