Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.3% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	40.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 00:52
Run Duration	428 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 192 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 614 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.8 92% 109 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.24% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 9.69 Parallax 6.28 5% 7.52 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 5.57 Splatting 13.4 8% 9.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.24% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 739GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 762 Write 513 Mixed 567 136% 614 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 35.9 164% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 141 110% 143 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 299GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2887 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 769 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 343 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7834963828	98.7% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 377 Mixed 397 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 41.4 152% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 126 114% 181 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2791 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2488 (B1) Unknown 99 99 56 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 110 (EB) Unknown 99 99 495 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11419638786	101% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 443 Mixed 468 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 34 134% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 144 148% 244 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 518GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 63 11342009 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 341 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10163761 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (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 71 52 622526493 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 363 (C2) HDA temperature 29 16 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 11342009 (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 62259845924086 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3823189880 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3315766112	83.9% Excellent	Read 164 Write 129 Mixed 120 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID ab24 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 117 Write 96.2 Mixed 45.6 102% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.47 204% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 62GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 56.6 Write 68.2 Mixed 69.5 86% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.18 52% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Read 34.9 Write 5.3 Mixed 8.82 15% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.63 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.06 24% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 Kingston KHX2133C14/16G Kingston KHX2133C14/16G 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.6 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 73%

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

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	463x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	236x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	65x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

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