Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.5% 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	94.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 03:26
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 600 79% 595 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2189 MHz, MLim: 2106 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 0.17 Reflection 0.62 Parallax 0.56 0% 0.45 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 0.09 34% 47.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 M.2 2280 256GB 888 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT23D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 481 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 68 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 788 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16705714202 (F2) Unknown 99 99 10050679871	94.1% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 290 Mixed 345 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 36.6 152% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 21.7 70% 152 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 874GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132462840 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16339717 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 72790 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 42949672993 (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 -75282186761805 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11837522382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61265249696	90.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 146 Mixed 146 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 393GB free Firmware: 050B Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A1G43DB0-CPB Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 24GB 232 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 78%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,113x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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