Dell XPS L501X

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS L501X (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 00CKNG
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	19.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 19:21
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 560-$65 10,722 User benchmarks, average bench 41% U2E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	36% Below average	Memory 53.3 1-Core 26.4 2-Core 44.2 29% 41.3 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 154 16% 128 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 420M 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 046E) 1GB CLim: 500 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	2.52% Terrible	Lighting 3.07 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 2.62 2% 3.06 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 3.2 Splatting 2.17 3% 3.28 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.52% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 470 Series SSD 256GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM09B1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29591 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2281 (B1) Unknown 87 87 650 (B2) Unknown 79 79 834 (BE) vendor-specific 51 34 49 (EB) Unknown 99 99 580	34% Below average	Read 235 Write 235 Mixed 195 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 8.46 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 5.68 30% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 39.6 DQ Mixed 13.3 15% 26 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 53%
Toshiba MK6461GSY 640GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 330GB free Firmware: MC000D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 1931420 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2945 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 255564 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 283468496929 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 119483848 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 205655454 (F0) Head flying hours 14 14 2086993 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22846285804 (F2) Unknown 100 100 78565695549 (FE) Unknown 100 100 5
Poor: 23% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.8 13% 4.53 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 51%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell XPS L501X

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	63x
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	47x
Core i5 M 480IntelBench 41%, 16,023 samples	27x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	75x
GeForce GT 435MNvidiaBench 3%, 627 samples	63x
GeForce GT 420MNvidiaBench 2%, 1,922 samples	20x

SSD
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	8x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	9x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 8,570 samples	7x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 1x4GBHynixBench 24%, 8,698 samples	6x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $190

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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