Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.5% 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	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 15:12
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 354 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2455 MHz, MLim: 2743 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.5% Poor	Lighting 28.1 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 24.4 23% 26.9 fps	MRender 36.4 Gravity 26.4 Splatting 20 22% 27.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (AB) Unknown 100 100 166005072 (AE) Unknown 100 100 123 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 62 (D2) Unknown 100 100 238 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5927 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9339 (F9) Unknown 100 100 227749694	52% Above average	Read 357 Write 282 Mixed 304 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 14.9 62% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 52 DQ Mixed 15 18% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 101%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 132GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11400 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80968528 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 26 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1655 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2523 (F9) Unknown 100 100 72748099	54.7% Above average	Read 360 Write 283 Mixed 314 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 13.9 70% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 71.5 49% 58.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 370GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 28.6 Mixed 30.4 23% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 692GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5454 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3054 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4916 (C2) HDA temperature 104 97 43 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 68 68 23434 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11236278008 (F2) Unknown 200 200 66108280683	59.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 104 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.34 107% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 217GB free Firmware: JC47 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 107 88 14455708 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 124680625351 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3055 (B7) Unknown 76 76 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 192 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 53 707199017 (C2) HDA temperature 41 47 51539607593 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 14 14455708 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116118735781747 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3453135259 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1035583117	66.4% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 103 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 247GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 52%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 16GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 25.2 Write 4.32 12% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-040.A00LF 9905474-040.A00LF Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,305x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Total price: $336

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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