Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.06% 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	93.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 23:04
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 185 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 352 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 635 3,722 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 1032) 1GB CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	6.06% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 8.84 6% 8.1 fps	MRender 5.67 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 7.52 6% 7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.06% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1630 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 206 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4930023298	93.6% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 486 Mixed 485 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 33 114% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 92.9 96% 157 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 124%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 999GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 97 Mixed 73.5 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.37 163% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 688GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2233 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2039 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105572 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 31 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 84 84 11681 (F1) Unknown 200 200 116892433162 (F2) Unknown 200 200 296702235659	89% Excellent	Read 150 Write 160 Mixed 138 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6EFR8C-PB Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 HMT325U6EFR8C-PB Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 12GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 59%

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,690x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,736x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	572x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	361x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	322x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

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