Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 635 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.7% Good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 97 Parallax 90.6 71% 91.5 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 78 Splatting 82.4 64% 78 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 788GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,975 Write 1,451 Mixed 1,245 345% 1,557 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 46.9 168% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 90.7 94% 155 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 302%
Liteon L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 95GB free Firmware: F88110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2153 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 45 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 147 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 305776 (F2) Unknown 100 100 326691	91.9% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 346 Mixed 408 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 37.7 132% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 68.1 90% 160 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 95%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 102 (03) Spinup time 168 168 42975887743 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2009 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3842 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3842 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 227634249774 (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 200 200 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 169 Write 123 Mixed 133 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.54 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 120%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5294 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3446 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4987 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 126 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.48 135% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 210 147 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1862 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 99253 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.8% Average	Read 87.2 Write 76.1 Mixed 69.5 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.09 44% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 67%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 11.9 Mixed 16.6 23% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.16 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.81 77% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43EB1-CPB 4x8GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 109%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Total price: $370

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