Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	218% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	54.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '16 at 19:20
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 649 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 95% 112 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 110 Splatting 88.9 80% 99.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 562GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,108 Write 1,213 Mixed 1,566 360% 1,629 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 28.2 189% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 28.2 45% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 250%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 190739795 (03) Spinup time 87 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1394490 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 840499232 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 198 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7518 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 98784247840 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 50 190739795 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -44921062947839 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2239377348 (F2) Unknown 100 253 581069789	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 182 Mixed 158 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.42 132% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4598 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4576 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 38 (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 4	68.4% Good	Read 131 Write 107 Mixed 113 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.35 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,198 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB 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	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 111%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	463x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	236x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	65x
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	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

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 $182	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