Dell Studio 540

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Studio 540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M017G
Memory	3 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090825
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '21 at 23:33
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Memory 71 1-Core 36.2 2-Core 76.3 40% 61.2 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 148 20% 150 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 3650 4,070 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2242) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 2.4 Parallax 1.9 2% 2.1 fps	MRender 2.4 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 3.4 2% 2.17 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1127B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 41 35 42 27 35 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	22.4% Poor	Read 221 Write 93 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 41.6 20% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 0.4 39% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 6.6 DQ Mixed 0.3 4% 10.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 442GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 133 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 127 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 131 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 46%

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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 540 Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Studio 540

CPU
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	41x
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	17x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x

GPU
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	12x
Radeon HD 4300ATIBench 1%, 14,988 samples	11x
Radeon HD 3450ATIBench 1%, 4,621 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
easystore 240GBWDBench 48%, 2,807 samples	4x
CS1311 240GBPNY $78Bench 81%, 26,547 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	58x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	26x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	12x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $77

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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