Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 9100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05DN3X
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '20 at 22:58
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 79.4 2-Core 131 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 406 43% 342 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 63 Parallax 47.5 56% 59.8 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 67 Splatting 44.1 45% 56.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 720GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 49 49 78 94 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 72.3 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 6x2GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

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Typical Studio XPS 9100 Builds (Compare 419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

System: Dell Studio XPS 9100

CPU
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	195x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	90x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	19x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	18x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	15x
SD8TB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 213 samples	11x
FTM1TN325H 1TBBench 70%, 177 samples	11x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 24GBSamsungBench 51%, 13 samples	13x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 6x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 43 samples	11x
KP223C-ELD 6x2GBKingstonBench 52%, 31 samples	9x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $418

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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