Dell Studio 540

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 38.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB 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. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell Studio 540 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0M017G
Memory	0.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090825
Uptime	28.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '16 at 23:27
Run Duration	373 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing as expected (49^th 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 Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Memory 60.6 1-Core 31.1 2-Core 57.8 34% 49.8 Pts	4-Core 91.8 8-Core 102 13% 97 Pts	64-Core 113 7% 113 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset 6,554 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 02AC) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2302 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.58% Terrible	Lighting 0.73 Reflection 0.54 Parallax 0.72 1% 0.66 fps	MRender 0.52 Gravity 0.57 Splatting 0.87 1% 0.65 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.58% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 90GB-$96 764 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 76GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 176925202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 46935402640231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (AB) Unknown 0 0 3 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 73 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 60133670941 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 176925202 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 176925202 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 176925202 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8397 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8357 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8357 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11989	33.3% Below average	Read 199 Write 108 Mixed 141 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 8.84 58% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 11.5 18% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 78%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 173 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2575 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 47 227634839583 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18991411006 (F7) Unknown 100 100 595431422 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1233109557	36.4% Below average	Read 191 Write 182 Mixed 118 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 11.4 53% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 58.4 DQ Mixed 14.1 19% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 6191200 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1075302 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 672530458 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14050 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 73014444058 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -8568459751849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2279044292 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4206282663	95.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 160 Mixed 50.6 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%
WD WD32 320GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 136GB free Firmware: 00.0 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 66 Write 60.8 Mixed 60.7 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.39 103% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 45%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 81GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 66 9747 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18447 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20546 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2616280 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 144 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 236223856670 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18513	52.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 77.3 Mixed 68.8 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.35 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 72%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 9GB free, PID 004d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.03% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 7.31 Mixed 8.67 13% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.07 12% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.03% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6 17% 6 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 4.2 12% 4.23 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 44%

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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 $269	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 $40	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