Dell XPS420

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics9.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS420  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0TP406
Memory6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20090225
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 16 '18 at 17:05
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161
CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
48.9% Average
Memory 72.6
1-Core 40.2
2-Core 80.4
42% 64.4 Pts
4-Core 148
8-Core 153
20% 150 Pts
64-Core 155
10% 155 Pts
Poor: 37%
This bench: 48.9%
Great: 57%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285
Zotac(19DA 1111) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
9.67% Terrible
Lighting 13.1
Reflection 10.5
Parallax 6.12
11% 9.91 fps
MRender 10.2
Gravity 11.1
Splatting 7.52
8% 9.61 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.67%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100
619GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GK8OA97A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
45.1% Average
Read 77.4
Write 79.6
Mixed 79.6
60% 78.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 1.28
4K Mixed 0.41
98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 45.1%
Great: 47%
Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB-$30
188GB free
Firmware: BBFOC3BP Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
31.2% Below average
Read 51
Write 57.4
Mixed 51.2
40% 53.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.12
4K Mixed 0.28
72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 31.2%
Great: 31%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR2
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
21.3% Poor
MC Read 7.2
MC Write 6.6
MC Mixed 6.5
19% 6.77 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 6
SC Mixed 6.3
17% 6.07 GB/s
Latency 95.6
42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 14%
This bench: 21.3%
Great: 45%

 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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