Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 04:17
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 704 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 151 Parallax 127 115% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB 11,716 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 196 191 187 190 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 451 Write 238 Mixed 231 SusWrite 195 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 35.3 120% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 223 191% 282 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 660GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 139 141 136 139 143 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 166 Write 166 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 140 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 108%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 26GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 19 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 31.8 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 20.7 40% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 61% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 115%

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

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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	2,113x
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