Dell Studio XPS 7100

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 54.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

System	Dell Studio XPS 7100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NWWY0
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100910
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 21:10
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	Memory 80.4 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 88 47% 70.9 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 176 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1B0A 909D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.84% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 2 2% 2.27 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.96 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.84% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1348 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2054058460	49.9% Average	Read 261 Write 189 Mixed 203 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 17.4 89% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 17 19% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 21.6 Mixed 25 19% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 4.67 4K Mixed 0.52 175% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 845GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 53034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1313 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 32 32 49927 (F1) Unknown 200 200 61115349527 (F2) Unknown 200 200 48048509209	76.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 131 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.51 121% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 74%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 479GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 24.2 Mixed 19.2 29% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 50%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Studio XPS 7100

CPU
Phenom II X6 1035TAMDBench 53%, 2,528 samples	20x
Phenom II X6 1045TAMD $165Bench 54%, 5,709 samples	13x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	12x

GPU
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	11x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	4x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	2x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	2x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	4x
16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 16GBMicronBench 36%, 8 samples	4x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 1,752 samples	2x

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Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $37

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	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