Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.09% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YJPT1
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120525
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 86.8 2-Core 166 65% 111 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 359 43% 330 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 093D) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.09% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 10.4 7% 9.29 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 11.6 9% 11.5 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.09% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 937GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 101 Mixed 105 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204773902 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 606446993 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2805 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 638910501 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 81604378661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 30 204773902 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 94 201 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 94 201 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119584774394951 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3264517772 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3082398854	37.9% Below average	Read 65 Write 67 Mixed 73.1 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.37 78% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 68%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 104GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 146 137 3691 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7225 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2857 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 663 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34947 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 32 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 102 Mixed 92.2 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.26 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13081490 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3539 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 48 44 4475416628464 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3539 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 672530467 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 81604378659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 16 13081490 (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 96709778629724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3611884646 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3697995483	47.3% Average	Read 91.4 Write 73.3 Mixed 67.9 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 59%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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