Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.66% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YJPT1
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120525
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '16 at 22:47
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 175 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 516 49% 408 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.66% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 9 Parallax 9.72 9% 9.97 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.27 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.66% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 32768 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9390 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3583 (AA) Unknown 100 100 18 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 57 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4947819889524 (B7) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3967 (C2) HDA temperature 69 59 180387184671 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	58% Above average	Read 266 Write 252 Mixed 262 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 22.3 76% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 55.4 79% 146 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 100%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4TB free Firmware: 0511 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 22.4 Mixed 26.8 20% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 4.55 4K Mixed 0.58 173% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 987GB free Firmware: DC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44496408 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 30136689676 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3799 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 588840995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105793 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 90194313251 (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 100 253 -32929514255463 (F1) Unknown 100 253 124893043324534 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56134770412292	77% Very good	Read 155 Write 113 Mixed 148 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CK0 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 M378B5773DH0-CK0 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 12GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,662x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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 $184	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) $35	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