Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.2% 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	85.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 13:56
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 557 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 1016) 1GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 355.60 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 20 14% 17.7 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 15 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6195 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1013 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (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 58 47 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 213 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12647734077	85.9% Excellent	Read 496 Write 335 Mixed 344 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 20.7 122% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 74.7 98% 176 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65678736 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5398917 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1142 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 60 46 689045544 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12589 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 42949673000 (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 -44367012163224 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9906916053 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4547064923	83.9% Excellent	Read 166 Write 127 Mixed 137 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142370336 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 56 21485718233 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1265 (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 48 73602760739 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15683 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 -140737488355293 (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 -1340029792427 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5056220659 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2991173514	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 190 Mixed 161 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.3 97% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 814GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 91 17328789 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 49 68743217912 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1395 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 340 (BC) Unknown 100 96 21475360805 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 689045542 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 42949672998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 30 17328789 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 81037442951922 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1843150178 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3346047401	44.7% Average	Read 78.6 Write 77 Mixed 68.2 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.54 119% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4GB free, PID 0182 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 37.9 Mixed 34.8 48% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.77 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 1.9 174% 4.01 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,683x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,732x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	146x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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