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 as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 45.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.16% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Dell Studio 540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M017G
Memory	4.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '16 at 15:17
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300-$115 20,482 User benchmarks, average bench 44% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 36 2-Core 71.7 38% 58.1 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 142 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 904E) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Lighting 1.53 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 1.28 1% 1.8 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.18 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 579GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 155 4883 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3044 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3012 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3044 (C2) HDA temperature 102 96 45 (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 0 (F0) Head flying hours 69 69 23267 (F1) Unknown 200 200 26572637691 (F2) Unknown 200 200 125404111750	60.6% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 102 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 716 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 49GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 11.4 Mixed 11.8 16% 14 MB/s	4K Read 4.42 4K Write 0.21 4K Mixed 0.2 30% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20% Poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 46%

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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 $273	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 $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