Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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.
Processor	With 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.3% 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	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 19:52
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 438 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% XFX(1682 3250) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 43.8 28% 36.5 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 36.6 27% 31.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 82 84 79 73 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 418 Write 120 Mixed 209 SusWrite 83.4 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 29.6 101% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 118 115% 188 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 116%
Seagate ST3300831AS 300GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 37GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 51.4 Write 13.3 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 40.1 25% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 37%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 46 31 21 11 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 106 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 30.6 51% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 109%
WD Elements 107C 5TB 1,675 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 52GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 60 62 62 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 101 Write 92.4 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 60.2 100% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 66%
WD Elements 107C 5TB 1,675 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 178GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 67 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 156 Write 158 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 65.9 143% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 696 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 101GB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 82 82 84 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 83.6 Write 134 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 83.3 111% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.9 300% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 76%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 68 70 70 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 156 Write 164 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 68.6 147% 115 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 86%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 367GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 123 116 107 100 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 167 Write 174 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 112 168% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G Samsung M378B5273EB0-CK0 KHX1600C10D3/4G Samsung M378B5273EB0-CK0 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 80%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,662x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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