Dell XPS 8910

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.03% 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	81.1% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8910 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0WPMFG
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 68.7 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 213 69% 127 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 586 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 80%

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 072A) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 23.20.16.4877 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 6.31 5% 7.34 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 6 Splatting 13.3 7% 8.12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16039539	92.2% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 387 Mixed 410 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 27.8 126% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 109 121% 205 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 68 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 151915080	81.1% Excellent	Read 480 Write 467 Mixed 486 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 18.2 90% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 88 85% 127 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 124%
Seagate ST10000NE0004-1ZF101 10TB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 100GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 174 Mixed 156 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 4.65 4K Mixed 0.28 174% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x16GB 15,722 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 7.6 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.6 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 14%

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System: Dell XPS 8910

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	828x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	167x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	131x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	176x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x

SSD
NVMe LITEON 256GBCx2-8b256-q11Bench 168%, 2,143 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 39%, 5,448 samples	296x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	104x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	37x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $272

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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