Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.4% 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	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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	26.8 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 19:09
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 701 67% 554 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 148 Parallax 137 97% 135 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 563GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 144 119 156 142 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 152 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 139 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 112%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 742GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 193 190 195 191 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 182 Mixed 61 SusWrite 193 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 405% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 770GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 175 176 174 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 159 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 175 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 464GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 165 163 165 165 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 179 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 163 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 107%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 163 164 163 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 171 Write 173 Mixed 119 SusWrite 163 211% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 04CD000002B5 F4-2400C15-16GVR 04CD000002B5 F4-2400C15-16GVR 40GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 22.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 74%

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Gaming 15%

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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	2,119x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	509x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	524x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16