Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '19 at 12:52
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70% Good	Memory 94 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 154 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 334 38% 295 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3301 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 85.4 85% 93.6 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 85.2 Splatting 79.1 73% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 208 121 91 123 117 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.4% Average	Read 234 Write 48.1 Mixed 218 SusWrite 147 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 15 53% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 48 76% 146 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 874GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 228 228 228 230 228 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	61.4% Good	Read 239 Write 232 Mixed 227 SusWrite 228 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 27.1 94% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 197 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 62%

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

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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	268x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
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: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16