Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 22:49
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 (88^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 512 51% 415 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 31.7 21% 28 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 25.1 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24134 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1608 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 86 86 486 (B2) Unknown 95 95 132 (B3) Unknown 96 96 242 (B4) Unknown 96 96 6286 (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 3132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38871714381 (F2) Unknown 99 99 35375964601	47.7% Average	Read 439 Write 209 Mixed 172 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 10.4 54% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 9.78 13% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 479GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49139360 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4332539928 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1601 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 9010806809 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 296939 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 -140737488355303 (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 -50221052575339 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11212042595 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20408414235	80.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 142 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73CB0-CK0 2x8GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 59%

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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	1,662x
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	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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