Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.21% 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	92.7% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YJPT1
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 14:14
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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)	77.4% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 204 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 503 55% 436 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% 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: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Lighting 9.17 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 10.8 8% 9.49 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 11 Splatting 11.8 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 26GB free Firmware: CXM12D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 40515 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 476 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 23 23 2778 (B2) Unknown 95 95 20 (B3) Unknown 95 95 40 (B4) Unknown 95 95 776 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 95 95 388 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47425967542 (F2) Unknown 99 99 827650474860	40.3% Average	Read 338 Write 85.1 Mixed 139 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 12 56% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 31.9 DQ Mixed 28.1 41% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 44%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10070 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 274 (B1) Unknown 95 95 102 (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 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66455872971	92.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 412 Mixed 419 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 38.8 127% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 84.3 85% 140 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174348072 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 113757525 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (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 67 62 571932705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29962 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 90194313249 (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 -136292197195395 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30648332227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 224593862452	83.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 144 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 114%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 6.5 Mixed 4.97 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.67 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.007 18% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 4x4GB 1,512 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 60%

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Gaming 10%

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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 $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16