Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.1% 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	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 03:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 516 55% 439 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 34.9 22% 30.2 fps	MRender 25.8 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 34 23% 27.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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 5861 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 65 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 171800068126 (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 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24089514248 (F7) Unknown 100 100 756013357 (F8) Unknown 100 100 679683321 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1940 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	64.6% Good	Read 481 Write 312 Mixed 328 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 20 70% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 73.3 DQ Mixed 44.6 49% 83.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 80.7 Write 77.6 Mixed 73.3 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 0.46 145% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 181GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 114 (03) Spinup time 123 123 38685901257 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 18253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 32 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 61507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19662 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19662 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 236224577572 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.2% Average	Read 73.6 Write 80.4 Mixed 84.7 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 20GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183561808 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 395391910153 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (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 71 59 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 594825 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 73014444061 (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 71068823874446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29896301681 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74195782947	72.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 131 Mixed 117 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11.2 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 63%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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