Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.05% 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	92.8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 01:34
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 550 62% 487 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.05% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 11 Parallax 6.84 6% 8.44 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 15.2 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 M.2 2280 512GB 482 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3065 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (64) Unknown 100 100 9044614 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 66 (B2) Unknown 100 100 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 260 (B4) Unknown 100 100 8572 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 0 64428900398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 33875 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6380 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3915 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1139	92.8% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 452 Mixed 482 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 23.6 110% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 43.7 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 183 183 25783566541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11082 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11082 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 163209347093 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2570 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1028179100 (F2) Unknown 100 100 144144018	93.3% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 169 Mixed 165 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.3 Mixed 39.8 52% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 81%

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Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

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	2,111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	463x
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	236x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	65x
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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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