Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.6% 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	41.3% 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 (37%). 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	14.1 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 17:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$320 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 (98^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 87 2-Core 148 68% 110 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 374 43% 334 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% 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: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 91.4 84% 94.9 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 78 75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 215 33 60 55 56 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	41.3% Average	Read 237 Write 210 Mixed 217 SusWrite 106 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 13.3 55% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 1.3 54% 130 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 734GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 225 233 233 231 232 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	61.9% Good	Read 240 Write 229 Mixed 229 SusWrite 230 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 27.2 95% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 196 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 133%
VendorCo ProductCode 16GB 7,454 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 12GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 20 22 22 21 21 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.63% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 14.4 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 21 23% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.63% Great: 8%

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 (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 12.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% 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%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	269x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	194x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	116x

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	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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Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16