Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.3% 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 Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YJPT1
Memory	15.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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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, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 514 55% 439 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 97 89% 108 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1232 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 212 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 71 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4906884898	55.4% Above average	Read 266 Write 211 Mixed 217 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 17 84% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 73.5 78% 129 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 192510854 (03) Spinup time 84 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 247313095 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -46102178954238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (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 68 59 537853984 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2790 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1635 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 5 192510854 (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 90125593740034 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11039320491 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6756794715	117% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 197 Mixed 155 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.34 4K Mixed 0.42 198% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1GX64V160K 0702 51264V160KNYA Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 20GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.9% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.4 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns

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

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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	1,670x
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	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	156x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	77x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16