Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180720
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 02:43
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 235 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 753 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 127 Parallax 112 101% 121 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 115 Splatting 99 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 411 445 419 447 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,553 Write 433 Mixed 409 SusWrite 429 154% 706 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 34.8 122% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 308 304% 496 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 216%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 148 149 152 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 84 SusWrite 149 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,963x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,500x
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	914x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	640x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	560x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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