Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 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 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.67% 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 Drive	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Dell Studio XPS 9100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05DN3X
Memory	7.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100526
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '21 at 07:24
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 85.1 50% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 73.3 8-Core 85.6 10% 79.4 Pts	64-Core 83.4 5% 83.4 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V4900-$150 2,218 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 240A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1045.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.67% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 8.6 Parallax 7.1 7% 8.07 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 7.4 6% 7.57 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.67% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 232 236 231 232 230 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.4% Good	Read 235 Write 233 Mixed 225 SusWrite 233 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 37.5 114% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 CT51264BD160B.C16F M378B5673FH0-CH9 CT51264BD160B.C16F 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 11.7 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 31: 4R 3G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
31%	33%	27	54	25	60	23"	1920 1080	DELF01B DELL ST2310

History: Score 4: 0R 1G 1B | Score 31: 4R 3G 2B

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 29%

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System: Dell Studio XPS 9100

CPU
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	196x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	90x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	20x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	30x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	18x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	15x
SD8TB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 213 samples	12x
FTM1TN325H 1TBBench 70%, 177 samples	11x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 24GBSamsungBench 51%, 13 samples	13x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 6x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 43 samples	11x
KP223C-ELD 6x2GBKingstonBench 52%, 31 samples	9x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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