Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 08:32
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 167 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 512 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1807 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 96.5 Parallax 84.5 78% 92 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 77.4 68% 83.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17284 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3117 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 83 83 605 (B2) Unknown 92 92 250 (B3) Unknown 94 94 394 (B4) Unknown 94 94 6134 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 92 92 3014 (F1) Unknown 99 99 85864645321 (F2) Unknown 99 99 107316946887	50.9% Above average	Read 465 Write 146 Mixed 237 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 15.6 57% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 37.5 52% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 278GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 221189060 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4552 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 8697116553 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 119 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 26325024801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 262613 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 48 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 129652177777292 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50087469758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 82999064893	94.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 169 Mixed 112 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.26 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73CB0-CK0 3x8GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 56%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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