Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '17 at 00:31
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 507 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 110% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 164 100 420 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 18 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 279172874274 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5395 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3815 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6351	63.6% Good	Read 488 Write 361 Mixed 408 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 4.21 72% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 3.97 16% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 400GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3593 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3482 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 27 (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 0 (F0) Head flying hours 87 87 10121 (F1) Unknown 200 200 23710094618 (F2) Unknown 200 200 40828486463	80.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 131 Mixed 128 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 2x4GB 3,673 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%

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

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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	1,662x
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 $133	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