Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 21:50
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 393 54% 399 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 29 19% 26.4 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 28.2 Splatting 24.7 23% 28.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (64) Unknown 100 100 112000 (65) Unknown 100 100 111424 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 16 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2636 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 180389871642 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 193 (EA) Unknown 100 100 160 (F1) Unknown 100 100 173 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	36.7% Below average	Read 254 Write 137 Mixed 142 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 7.27 41% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 30.4 52% 103 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 92%
Kingdian M200 60GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 8GB free Firmware: 20150121 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 396 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 121 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 121602 (A5) Unknown 100 100 139 (A6) Unknown 100 100 81 (A7) Unknown 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 71801 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46973 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49615	44.1% Average	Read 465 Write 84.6 Mixed 142 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 2.65 56% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 19.3 40% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164737448 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36906545 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12410 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (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 7885559961114 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10870568320 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18536236667	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 174 Mixed 168 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KVT8FP-HYC 2x4GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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