Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	277% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 729 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 123 Parallax 101 87% 110 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 99 Splatting 108 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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% 834GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,841 Write 1,514 Mixed 1,476 427% 1,944 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.3 196% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 119 128% 216 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 302%
Liteon L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 92GB free Firmware: F88110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th 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 2284 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 46 (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 312850 (F2) Unknown 100 100 349556	97.1% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 344 Mixed 414 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 36 143% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 69.6 104% 195 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 95%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 101 (03) Spinup time 169 169 25794969994 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3989 (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 3413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2145 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3999 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3999 (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	98.5% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 146 Mixed 140 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.66 132% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.5% 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 (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7516 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5451 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3582 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5063 (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	81.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 138 Mixed 129 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.7% 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 (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 147 8141 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1998 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 106195 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 42 (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	48.5% Average	Read 93.5 Write 75.7 Mixed 71.1 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.14 49% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 67%

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 (76^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 109%

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

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Desktop 72%

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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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Value: 58% - Above average

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 $179	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