Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics117% 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 Drive103% 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.
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 8300  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0Y2MRG
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110215
Uptime17.7 Days
Run DateSep 30 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$194
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
70% Good
Memory 90
1-Core 93.4
2-Core 186
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 271
8-Core 452
44% 362 Pts
64-Core 466
29% 466 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 70%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
117% Outstanding
Lighting 151
Reflection 196
Parallax 196
123% 181 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 179
Splatting 124
116% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 117%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 343 170 159 156 155 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 485
Write 404
Mixed 411
SusWrite 234
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 50.1
169% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 369
277% 369 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 103%
Great: 133%
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80
334GB free
Firmware: N1007C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 239 246 239 240 240 MB/s
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
69% Good
Read 256
Write 247
Mixed 214
SusWrite 240
54% 239 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 66.7
4K Mixed 33.5
116% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 173
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 141
118% 170 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 69%
Great: 97%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
47.3% Average
MC Read 16.1
MC Write 16.9
MC Mixed 14.7
45% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 16.1
SC Mixed 15.2
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 67.3
60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8300 Builds (Compare 1,726 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

System: Dell XPS 8300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $332
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