Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.27% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	142% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 23:22
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-6700-$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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 205 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 543 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 1083) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.27% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 7.59 5% 7.01 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 6.96 5% 6.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 741 1278 826 821 820 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,659 Write 1,836 Mixed 712 SusWrite 826 282% 1,258 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 19.9 64% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 100 77% 105 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 355%
Sandisk SII480G 2TB 790GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 282 423 440 446 444 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 472 Write 447 Mixed 410 SusWrite 378 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 47.4 156% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 288 220% 300 MB/s

WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 556GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1848 1734 1666 1721 1701 1674 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,943 Write 1,799 Mixed 1,456 SusWrite 1,724 389% 1,730 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 56.3 188% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 367 282% 389 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 347%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 159 155 155 155 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 122 Write 197 Mixed 106 SusWrite 155 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 371% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 219 219 222 224 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 198 Mixed 106 SusWrite 221 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.3 468% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,113x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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