Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics56.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0YJPT1
Memory7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130828
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateJan 25 '16 at 17:22
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
70.4% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 99.3
2-Core 191
71% 124 Pts
4-Core 320
8-Core 464
49% 392 Pts
64-Core 488
30% 488 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
56.6% Above average
Lighting 72.5
Reflection 71.2
Parallax 61.8
59% 68.5 fps
MRender 67.1
Gravity 66.8
Splatting 58.2
52% 64 fps
Poor: 43%
This bench: 56.6%
Great: 54%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
60.8% Good
Read 104
Write 107
Mixed 95.1
77% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.95
4K Write 2.66
4K Mixed 0.43
137% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
266GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DC4A
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
73.7% Very good
Read 124
Write 133
Mixed 94.9
88% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 1.24
4K Mixed 0.37
92% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB M378B5773DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.4% Above average
MC Read 19.9
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 16.4
52% 18.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 13.2
34% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 77.6
52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 50.4%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,097 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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