DELL XPS 730X

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	134% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	DELL XPS 730X (all builds)
Motherboard	DELL 0P270J
Memory	10.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090716
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 06:33
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 96.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 514 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2682) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 55.7 33% 45.8 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 46.3 Splatting 39.1 37% 46.3 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 435GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1808 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 625 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 285679357	53.8% Above average	Read 267 Write 259 Mixed 262 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 18.4 85% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 15.7 20% 34 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 17425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1807 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (64) Unknown 100 100 5454976 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 41 (B2) Unknown 100 100 34 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 201864642603 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17425 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8906 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 17425 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3937 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3561 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4842 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 18305	134% Outstanding	Read 1,162 Write 884 Mixed 900 218% 982 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 15.6 85% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 14.4 59% 129 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 181%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 236GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1756 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 586 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 63 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28772686	56% Above average	Read 268 Write 256 Mixed 265 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 18.3 84% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 15.8 36% 69.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 220GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1798 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 614 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2337938599	53.8% Above average	Read 268 Write 258 Mixed 264 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 18.6 85% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 92.3 56% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 124%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$39 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 719GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 6491 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (10) Unknown 4 196 75765155406 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2005 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 34 (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	72.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 121 Mixed 107 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 3 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 16 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 57%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical XPS 730X Builds (Compare 63 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

System: DELL XPS 730X

CPU
Core i7 965Intel $1,244Bench 71%, 1,602 samples	23x
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	20x
Core i7 975Intel $550Bench 72%, 3,143 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $75Bench 200%, 52,084 samples	4x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	35x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	6x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	4x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $1,436

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