Dell Studio 1558

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 41.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	23.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 58% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Studio 1558 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0874P6
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	19%
CPU Throttled	58%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% U2E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 0.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Memory 71.8 1-Core 20.4 2-Core 38.2 33% 43.5 Pts	4-Core 64.2 8-Core 96.4 10% 80.3 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 14,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0413) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 240GB-$170 154 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 100 11100142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 119494580109781 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 552 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 49 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 52 60132950061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 100 11100142 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 512 (EA) Unknown 0 0 832 (F1) Unknown 0 0 832 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1024	23.6% Poor	Read 181 Write 113 Mixed 138 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 4.9 31% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 9.85 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 5.11 6% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273BH1-CH9 2x4GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	34.8% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 13.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.7 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 97.3 41% 97.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 50%

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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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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Dell Studio 1558

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	29x
Core i5 M 450IntelBench 40%, 8,084 samples	25x
Core i3 M 350Intel $199Bench 38%, 14,351 samples	16x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	67x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	30x
Mobility Radeon HD 4500ATIBench 1%, 9,615 samples	23x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $104Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
240G 240GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 69%, 5,700 samples	3x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 5,297 samples	14x
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 2x2GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,533 samples	8x
HMT125S6BFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 27%, 878 samples	6x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $324

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