Dell Studio 540

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


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 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 44.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.74% 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	22.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Windows Vista is considerably out of date. This system has enough RAM (4GB) and should be upgraded to Windows 10.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Studio 540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M017G
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows Vista
BIOS Date	20080811
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 07:32
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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 Core2 Quad Q8200-$49 19,990 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.35 GHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Memory 71.3 1-Core 33.5 2-Core 66.7 39% 57.2 Pts	4-Core 98.9 8-Core 122 14% 110 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PNY(196E 0974) 2GB Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4411 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.74% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 12.8 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 9.37 Splatting 13 10% 12 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.74% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD G2 series 64GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.4.6 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 106 66719441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -132834748523603 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 224 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 60133212192 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 106 66719441 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2560 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3328 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3328 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11200	22.7% Poor	Read 151 Write 63.8 Mixed 82.3 22% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 6.64 42% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 9.47 DQ Mixed 6.36 6% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 51%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 658GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 230 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1525 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1459 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1280 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 30 (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	52.1% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 84.1 Mixed 88.6 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 65%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 167GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 648 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1335 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 33 (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	46.4% Average	Read 86.9 Write 74.6 Mixed 69.7 58% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.38 112% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 98.3 41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 28%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Studio 540

CPU
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	41x
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	17x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x

GPU
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	12x
Radeon HD 4300ATIBench 1%, 14,988 samples	11x
Radeon HD 3450ATIBench 1%, 4,621 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
easystore 240GBWDBench 48%, 2,807 samples	4x
CS1311 240GBPNY $78Bench 81%, 26,547 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	58x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	26x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	12x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $77

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16