Dell XPS420

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 43.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory6GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemDell XPS420  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0TP406
Memory4.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20080327
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateFeb 09 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100
CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
43.6% Average
Memory 68.9
1-Core 27.1
2-Core 55.5
35% 50.5 Pts
4-Core 110
8-Core 110
15% 110 Pts
64-Core 111
7% 111 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 43.6%
Great: 50%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73.2% Very good
Lighting 85.9
Reflection 114
Parallax 107
70% 102 fps
MRender 97.5
Gravity 100
Splatting 94.1
79% 97.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
52.9% Above average
Read 98.9
Write 85.1
Mixed 68.3
63% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 2.14
4K Mixed 0.4
111% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 52.9%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3x2GB
3 of 4 slots used
6GB DIMM DDR2
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
17% Very poor
MC Read 6.1
MC Write 4.6
MC Mixed 4.9
15% 5.2 GB/s
SC Read 5.2
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 5.2
14% 5 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 13%
This bench: 17%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS420 Builds (Compare 181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS420

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