Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell Studio XPS 9100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05DN3X
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 19:41
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 166 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 423 47% 368 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 137 Parallax 130 104% 132 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 121 Splatting 102 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 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	41.3% Average	Read 209 Write 218 Mixed 214 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 12.6 57% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 18.3 25% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 72 132545597 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 84 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3652189 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 73744588472398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 644 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -18975165513687 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3426566693 (F2) Unknown 100 253 210859140	83.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 141 Mixed 112 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 19.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 14.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

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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	195x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	90x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	19x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	29x
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	11x
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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Total price: $419

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 $15	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