Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	95.8% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YJPT1
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 18:40
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 517 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 159 Parallax 147 105% 145 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 114 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 735GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 144 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 36 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1333862900	95.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 397 Mixed 415 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 34.4 124% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 130 140% 237 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: DC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 81 82936312 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1304 (07) Seek error rate 68 45 133353144812 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1671 (BC) Unknown 100 92 51540393996 (BD) vendor-specific 40 40 60 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 403570712 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7104 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 47244640280 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 1 232 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 1 232 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 10449655468081 (F1) Unknown 100 253 109326079279169 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76136026895631	92.4% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 173 Mixed 111 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston K66GKY-MIN 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI K66GKY-MIN 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.8% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,664x
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	155x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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