Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '20 at 22:24
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	47% Average	Memory 60.4 1-Core 83.4 2-Core 149 56% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 200 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 010E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2 Parallax 1.66 1% 1.67 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.53 Splatting 2.35 1% 1.58 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,370 Write 2,096 Mixed 2,157 492% 2,208 MB/s	4K Read 160 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 7.7 308% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 425 269% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 32 34 42 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 136 Write 36.4 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 36.5 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-AE-F EBJ21UE8BDF0-AE-F 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 30%

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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%

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Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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