Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics93.6% 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 Drive64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0YJPT1
Memory9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130828
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 05 '17 at 07:10
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
71.4% Very good
Memory 88.3
1-Core 94.1
2-Core 177
71% 120 Pts
4-Core 298
8-Core 411
45% 354 Pts
64-Core 480
30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 121
Parallax 103
98% 115 fps
MRender 99.8
Gravity 105
Splatting 105
85% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
64.9% Good
Read 438
Write 119
Mixed 172
53% 243 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 17.4
116% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 41
59% 111 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49
273GB free
Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
48.7% Average
Read 85.9
Write 83.7
Mixed 79.1
62% 82.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 1.16
4K Mixed 0.47
98% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 48.7%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB M378B5773DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
57.8% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 20.5
MC Mixed 17.6
57% 19.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 18.8
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 69.2
58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 57.8%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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