Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110215
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 08:56
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 78.1 2-Core 154 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 298 39% 294 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 010E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.792.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.22% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 1.69 1% 1.89 fps	MRender 2.05 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2 1% 1.63 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.22% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 86 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1183 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 32 (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	74.9% Very good	Read 114 Write 147 Mixed 135 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7770 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 141 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 33.1 Write 21.9 Mixed 8.04 23% 21 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.71 4K Mixed 0.56 149% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 16GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 53%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,307x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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