Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 19:40
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 794 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 104% 128 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 122 Splatting 97.3 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 256GB 1,712 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 2,346 Write 770 Mixed 766 281% 1,294 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 31.2 166% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 33.7 44% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 164%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 21631472 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 709344 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (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 67 63 555352097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1400 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (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 -34548716928923 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2804419094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 302610610	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 177 Mixed 168 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 227 Write 91.3 Mixed 122 164% 147 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 4.67 569% 9.43 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 4.87 608% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 24.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 26.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,967x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,502x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	561x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

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 $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