Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive147% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8930  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0DF42J
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171006
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 19 '18 at 21:07
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Memory 78.7
1-Core 133
2-Core 272
87% 161 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 805
77% 634 Pts
64-Core 1,014
63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 150
Reflection 193
Parallax 179
122% 174 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 166
Splatting 121
109% 135 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 114%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 259 247 199 169 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 1,680
Write 148
Mixed 222
SusWrite 200
120% 562 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 47.9
179% 69.4 MB/s
DQ Read 440
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 215
175% 258 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 147%
Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
928GB free
Firmware: MS2OA810
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 194 193 194 181 193 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 192
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 192
110% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 109%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
ED9C3616 BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FD2 009C3616 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 16GB
2666, 2666 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
42.4% Average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 16
MC Mixed 12.7
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 15.3
SC Mixed 12
38% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 83
48% 83 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8930 Builds (Compare 6,379 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 32%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

System: Dell XPS 8930

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $292
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