Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive225% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8900  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0XJ8C4
Memory56.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160120
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 18 '16 at 19:35
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 83.6
1-Core 115
2-Core 206
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 635
64% 521 Pts
64-Core 639
40% 639 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 143
Parallax 122
105% 131 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 127
Splatting 105
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000
563GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
225% Outstanding
Read 2,115
Write 1,268
Mixed 1,573
366% 1,652 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 28
181% 77.9 MB/s
DQ Read 37.4
DQ Write 423
DQ Mixed 28
82% 163 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 225%
Great: 250%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220
4.5TB free
Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 182
Mixed 163
135% 179 MB/s
4K Read 1.14
4K Write 2.39
4K Mixed 0.44
140% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 108%
Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107
1TB free
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 132
Write 113
Mixed 110
89% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 2.34
4K Mixed 0.52
128% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.9% Very good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 23.3
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 21.4
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 74.1
54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8900 Builds (Compare 2,766 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: $370
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HDDRAMUSB
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