Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.22% 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	80.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '16 at 05:59
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 74.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 643 72% 565 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4256 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.22% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 6.62 6% 8.52 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 15.8 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.22% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 256GB 2,092 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT25D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4400 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1204610213 (F2) Unknown 99 99 585406182	80.5% Excellent	Read 495 Write 258 Mixed 318 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 13.1 110% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 11.7 89% 211 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88321960 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2937887 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1753 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 15423227560048 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16439866008 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13622743136	109% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 176 Mixed 180 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A1G43DB0-CPB Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 24GB 232 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 26 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 78%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,130x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	466x
Core i5-6400Intel $69Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	514x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	349x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	238x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	524x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	224x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	160x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16