Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.52% 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	121% 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 15:25
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 636 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 1083) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.45% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 7.97 6% 7.32 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 7.13 5% 6.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.45% Great: 7%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 6.84 6% 8.01 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.23 Splatting 13.8 8% 9.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 768 Write 526 Mixed 563 137% 619 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 22.7 162% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 397 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 20.2 75% 174 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 254%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 238GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (E8) Unknown 100 100 79850020209 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	102% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 462 Mixed 434 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 34.1 142% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 123 133% 224 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 587GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 172 172 12893487239 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 75 75 30525 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 30525 (C2) HDA temperature 161 161 180390068258 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 3824 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3550871915 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6310244572	97% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 173 Mixed 158 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 173GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58307 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2721 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7400673846 (F2) Unknown 200 200 9907185569	59.3% Above average	Read 110 Write 96 Mixed 99.7 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 69%
Sony MRW-E90 66GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 58GB free, PID 0bae Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.7% Good	Read 278 Write 67.3 Mixed 102 152% 149 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 1.72 170% 5.21 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 71%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,116x
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	347x
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	523x
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 $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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16