Dell Studio 540

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 48.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	21.7% 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	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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Studio 540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M017G
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090825
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 00:22
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 42.6 2-Core 85.4 42% 65.4 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 168 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 2,864 User benchmarks, average bench 17% XFX(1682 9550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1379 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 30.2 20% 29.9 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 33.3 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 113 109 124 127 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 69 SusWrite 117 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 84%
Seagate ST1000LM002-9VQ14L 1TB 295 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 929GB free Firmware: CC94 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 84 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 82.2 Write 78.5 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 84.5 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.33 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 52%

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Typical Studio 540 Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Studio 540

CPU
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	41x
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	17x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x

GPU
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	12x
Radeon HD 4300ATIBench 1%, 14,988 samples	11x
Radeon HD 3450ATIBench 1%, 4,621 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
easystore 240GBWDBench 48%, 2,807 samples	4x
CS1311 240GBPNY $78Bench 81%, 26,547 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	58x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	26x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	12x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $77

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 $184	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