Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.13% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 17:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 510 58% 452 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 093D) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 10.7 7% 9.42 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 11.9 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12886081547 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 32 137440198686 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 76 (EA) Unknown 100 100 139 (F1) Unknown 253 253 125 (F2) Unknown 253 253 121 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	48.4% Average	Read 245 Write 176 Mixed 175 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 17.5 69% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 50.1 65% 118 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 81 211241912 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 2517616712829 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 8047 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 26596 (BC) Unknown 100 98 68720525361 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 555155488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8885 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 64424509472 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 352 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 98 98 352 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 136794708395585 (F1) Unknown 100 253 102615858846 (F2) Unknown 100 253 83698093621	50.3% Above average	Read 33.3 Write 142 Mixed 49.8 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 114%
USB3.0 1TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 575GB free Firmware: 0101 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 114 Write 97 Mixed 92.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GB 17,809 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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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Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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