Dell Studio XPS 8100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell Studio XPS 8100
Motherboard	Dell Studio XPS 8100 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091209
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 10:35
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 80.9 2-Core 135 65% 103 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 262 29% 228 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.4% Poor	Lighting 33.3 Reflection 26.1 Parallax 33.9 27% 31.1 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 35.8 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 588 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 148 Mixed 106 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.28 122% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 141GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 98 151235536 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15095 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 292 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4485658793 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5964 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 434 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 78 56 504627222 (C2) HDA temperature 22 44 38654705686 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 24 151235536 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 30 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107906758384758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3156602110 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3252124755	53.4% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 91.5 Mixed 25.4 51% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GB 2,488 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13.2 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 52%

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

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Typical Studio XPS 8100 Builds (Compare 668 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	267x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	194x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	49x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	34x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples	42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	21x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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