Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 18:55
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790-$308 34,420 User benchmarks - Average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	SC Int 117 SC Float 117 SC Mixed 115 93% 116 Pts	QC Int 363 QC Float 399 QC Mixed 378 86% 380 Pts	MC Int 565 MC Float 611 MC Mixed 577 87% 584 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$350 178,167 User benchmarks - Average bench 64% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 206 Reflection 187 Parallax 201 63% 198 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 192 Splatting 129 69% 159 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$97 2,106 User benchmarks - Average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5980 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 66 88309288 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6491732 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -62904091017004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (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 71 65 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2845 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 90194313245 (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 16535624089799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2379958990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 403839225	97.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 171 Mixed 145 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$117 16,171 User benchmarks - Average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0105 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 90.2 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.71 128% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$47 287,233 User benchmarks - Average bench 88% 842GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 889 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200165 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (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 77 77 17045 (F1) Unknown 200 200 52540020648 (F2) Unknown 200 200 58071757593	94.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 154 Mixed 147 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 12GB 49 User benchmarks - Average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.9 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 48%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 34,420 samples	1,873x
Core i7-4770Intel $305Bench 75%, 22,209 samples	1,290x
Core i5-4460Intel $180Bench 65%, 40,922 samples	193x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 12%, 5,343 samples	601x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 5%, 3,036 samples	365x
R9 270AMD $170Bench 32%, 12,074 samples	275x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 97%, 97,875 samples	143x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 94%, 163,575 samples	136x
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 60%, 981 samples	77x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 59%, 575 samples	290x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 57%, 268 samples	186x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 63%, 337 samples	151x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $297	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $95
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $265	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $152	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20