Dell Studio 540

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 46.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.69% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Studio 540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M017G
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090604
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '20 at 02:05
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 32.5 2-Core 63.5 39% 56.4 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 117 15% 116 Pts	64-Core 118 7% 118 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3450 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 9018) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	0.69% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 0.25 1% 0.86 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 1.39 1% 0.88 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.69% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 53 33 8 15 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43% Average	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 35.5 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 930GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 28 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 21.5 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 28.4 20% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 147% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 415GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 89 88 87 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50% Average	Read 87.3 Write 84.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 86.4 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 19 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 28.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 19.6 36% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 100%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 342GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 17 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 27.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 18.8 35% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 4.6 16% 5.63 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 45%

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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 540 Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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