Dell Studio XPS 9100

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Dell Studio XPS 9100 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05DN3X
Memory	5 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100526
Uptime	15.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 Core i7 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 145 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 361 42% 326 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 310 4,147 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(1B0A 9060) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 320.78 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.27% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.5 fps	MRender 3.24 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 2 2% 2.03 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.27% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2095 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 695156609 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 47497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2084 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 722468902 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 68719476774 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 65 22415839 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	46.6% Average	Read 82.9 Write 79.8 Mixed 27.7 46% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.31 64% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 54%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 34GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 375 (03) Spinup time 161 156 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1420 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 115583 (C2) HDA temperature 115 85 32 (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 18	32.9% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 57.5 Mixed 31.8 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 44%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	4.64% Terrible	Read 20.3 Write 6.14 Mixed 4.46 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.49 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.001 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.64% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 5x2GB 5 of 6 slots used 10GB DIMM 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns

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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 $105Bench 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: 70% - Good

Total price: $434

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16