Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190401
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 07:23
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 88% 162 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 748 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 97.5 78% 99.3 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 95.8 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpekkf256g8 NVMe INTEL 256GB 1,391 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: D05N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,962 Write 944 Mixed 1,017 287% 1,308 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 85.4 280% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 821 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 325 285% 443 MB/s
Poor: 108% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 330 363 389 356 344 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 470 Mixed 446 SusWrite 352 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56.5 186% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 412GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 506 507 506 508 507 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 89% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 130GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 120 121 120 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 93 Write 146 Mixed 68 SusWrite 118 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 106%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 104 107 104 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55% Above average	Read 108 Write 92.7 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 103 123% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.7 212% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 88%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,967x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,501x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	561x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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