Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.75% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8300  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0Y2MRG
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111017
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateSep 24 '17 at 15:39
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$194
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Memory 91.9
1-Core 94.5
2-Core 188
73% 125 Pts
4-Core 325
8-Core 416
47% 370 Pts
64-Core 472
29% 472 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250
PNY(196E 089C) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
9.75% Terrible
Lighting 10.9
Reflection 12.8
Parallax 9.25
9% 11 fps
MRender 15.2
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 15
11% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.75%
Great: 9%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
48.3% Average
Read 93.3
Write 74.9
Mixed 83.6
63% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.37
90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
50.4% Above average
MC Read 17.2
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 15.7
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 16.6
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 37%
This bench: 50.4%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical XPS 8300 Builds (Compare 1,726 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

System: Dell XPS 8300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $332
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