Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.5% 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	30% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	11GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 11GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 11 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 21:47
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 158 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 382 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Palit(1569 1183) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.5% Poor	Lighting 30.6 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 42.7 25% 34.2 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 25.3 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 60GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 61 53 67 60 66 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30% Below average	Read 244 Write 76.2 Mixed 105 SusWrite 56 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 7.1 52% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 57.9 DQ Write 25.6 DQ Mixed 6.4 14% 30 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 159 144 168 144 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 136 Write 104 Mixed 69 SusWrite 153 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 43GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 38 29 35 43 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 30.6 Write 53.8 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 34.3 27% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 52% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG Elpida EBJ10UE8BDF0-DJ-F 11GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 1024 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.6 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 34%

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Typical Studio XPS 8100 Builds (Compare 669 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $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: $492

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16