Dell XPS 8920

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8920 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0VHXCD
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 19:52
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 586 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,629 Write 592 Mixed 903 228% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 32.6 154% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 31.3 40% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 141%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 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 108 100 19314488 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 37890 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (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 65 65 589037603 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 35 (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 -41858751266814 (F1) Unknown 100 253 168051682 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10717761	108% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 181 Mixed 142 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.61 198% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27325968 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1563 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12145972 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 7001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 589037603 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61683 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 73014444067 (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 -65519726096594 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23682117904 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23236552231	95.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 162 Mixed 153 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 920GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 41169295 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 81 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9642591 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (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 66 56 589103138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 34 18 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 41169295 (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 12356620912394 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7368943286 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4510059780	91.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 121 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 80%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Dell XPS 8920

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,174x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	236x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	252x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	201x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	194x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	33x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	271x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	108x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 74%, 1,002 samples	70x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

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