Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	15.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 05:59
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 639 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 201 Parallax 178 144% 185 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 174 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 201864773662 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6919713872 (F7) Unknown 100 100 216722059 (F8) Unknown 100 100 140087450 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4406 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	65.9% Good	Read 475 Write 272 Mixed 331 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 14.4 90% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 19.6 36% 67 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 848GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202840280 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 163428469 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (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 69 61 622395423 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9222 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (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 -80547816660378 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39355136837 (F2) Unknown 100 253 208653148707	96% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 160 Mixed 164 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 135 Write 126 Mixed 112 157% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 859B0000802C CT8G4DFS8213.M8FA 859B0000802C CT8G4DFS8213.M8FA 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 71%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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