Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11% 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 Drive154% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 8900  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0XJ8C4
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180725
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 20 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
71.6% Very good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 100
2-Core 199
73% 127 Pts
4-Core 331
8-Core 652
58% 492 Pts
64-Core 643
40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60
Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
11% Very poor
Lighting 13.8
Reflection 13
Parallax 10.1
11% 12.3 fps
MRender 11.2
Gravity 12.2
Splatting 14.3
10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 11%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 727 577 574 570 574 567 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
154% Outstanding
Read 1,212
Write 1,553
Mixed 529
SusWrite 598
218% 973 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 87.1
4K Mixed 37.5
141% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 635
DQ Write 547
DQ Mixed 617
455% 600 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 154%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
74.9% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.5
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 22.9
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 77.2
52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8900 Builds (Compare 2,770 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8900

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $369
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