Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 2% 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	2.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1557 x 876 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110215
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 06:25
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 156 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 280 40% 291 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 010E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.152.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.21% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 1.66 1% 1.7 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.04 1% 1.66 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.21% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 134 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 759 (C2) HDA temperature 102 93 41 (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 52 52 35737 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33436112014 (F2) Unknown 200 200 36213549443	49.6% Average	Read 87.1 Write 85.9 Mixed 62.9 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.19 41% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1130 1TB 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 481GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 22.9 Mixed 11.9 25% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.16 51% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 41%
Maxtor OneTouch 120GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 58GB free, PID 7350 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 32.4 Write 24.9 Mixed 15.5 29% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.25 34% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT1GC64BH4B0PF-CG NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG NT1GC64BH4B0PF-CG NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 6GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 1024, 2048, 1024, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,308x
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	179x
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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $333

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