Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 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 (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '19 at 19:49
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 64.4 1-Core 62 2-Core 97.3 46% 74.6 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 150 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0828) 1,024MB Ram: 1,023MB, Driver: 314.22 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	3.48% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 3.41 4% 4.21 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.47 Splatting 3.04 4% 4.47 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 675GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 40 72 67 84 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 75 Write 75.7 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 66.3 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GB 2,488 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 52%

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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 $177	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