Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% 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	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (28%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell Studio XPS 9100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05DN3X
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 00:19
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 83.3 2-Core 163 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 411 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 31.9 30% 34.9 fps	MRender 35.5 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 34.5 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 155 157 158 156 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.2% Average	Read 181 Write 156 Mixed 156 SusWrite 155 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 23.7 76% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 113 88% 121 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 401GB free Firmware: 0003LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 93 96 95 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 91.4 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 94.3 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 6x2GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 18.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Studio XPS 9100 Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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System: Dell Studio XPS 9100

CPU
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	196x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	90x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	20x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	30x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	18x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	15x
SD8TB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 213 samples	12x
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: $419

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16