Dell Studio 1737

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 17% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 22.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	16.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 40% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 20 months ago.

System	Dell Studio 1737 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0P786H
Memory	0.8 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081009
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 13:26
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	82%
CPU Throttled	40%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo T5800 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 34% U2E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Memory 43.5 1-Core 3.9 2-Core 9.9 16% 19.1 Pts	4-Core 12.2 8-Core 10.7 2% 11.4 Pts	64-Core 12.3 1% 12.3 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 39%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 3,003 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 02A0) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.24% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.17 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 3.1 2% 1.8 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.24% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HA SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 9.5 47 10 42 8.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 172 Write 65.5 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 27.5 17% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 4.4 22% 6.83 MB/s	DQ Read 49.5 DQ Write 30.2 DQ Mixed 35.1 27% 38.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 2048, 1024 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	5.75% Terrible	MC Read 2.3 MC Write 1.2 MC Mixed 1.6 5% 1.7 GB/s	SC Read 0.2 SC Write 1 SC Mixed 0.8 2% 0.67 GB/s	Latency 187 21% 187 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 5.75% Great: 23%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Studio 1737 Builds (Compare 48 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Studio 1737

CPU
Core2 Duo P8400Intel $20Bench 37%, 6,904 samples	9x
Core2 Duo P8600Intel $42Bench 37%, 8,502 samples	6x
Core2 Duo T6400Intel $99Bench 34%, 4,995 samples	6x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3650ATIBench 2%, 3,003 samples	40x
Mobile Series 4 Express Chipset FamilyIntelBench 0%, 23,924 samples	8x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	3x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	2x
SSD 120GBIntensoBench 65%, 3,562 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	37x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	3x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x

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Value: 24% - Poor

Total price: $115

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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