Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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 DriveThe 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.
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 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0YJPT1
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130828
Uptime3.6 Days
Run DateSep 27 '18 at 14:41
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 88.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 209
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 508
55% 438 Pts
64-Core 508
31% 508 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 78%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 198
Parallax 192
118% 178 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 183
Splatting 124
117% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 114%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
724GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 110 128 132 132 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
79% Very good
Read 157
Write 155
Mixed 100
SusWrite 118
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
55.1% Above average
MC Read 20.7
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 16.3
54% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 18.8
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 55.1%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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