Dell Studio XPS 7100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 38.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	8.96% 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 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Studio XPS 7100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0FF3FN
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100910
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 21:09
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 630 7,197 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Memory 51.6 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 81.6 36% 57.8 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 140 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 2980) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.96% Terrible	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 9.88 10% 10.3 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 8.47 Splatting 11 8% 9.46 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.96% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 523GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 92 94 130 139 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 154 Write 146 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 118 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$23 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 17GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 88 88 85 81 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 79 Write 76.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 85.2 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%
Apple iPod 8GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID 1266 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 13 13 12 13 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	4.25% Terrible	Read 9 Write 10 Mixed 8 SusWrite 12 14% 9.75 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 5% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.25% Great: 5%
WDC WD10 EACS-00D6B0 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 537GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	8.92% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 13 Mixed 14 SusWrite 12.5 18% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 40%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 496GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	4.82% Terrible	Read 15 Write 13.5 Mixed 17 SusWrite 1.6 15% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 4.82% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 2,312 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 155 26% 155 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 5%

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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 $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 9% - Terrible

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