Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180725
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 14:24
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 616 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 132 Parallax 126 73% 116 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 441 500 513 518 523 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 448 Mixed 403 SusWrite 493 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 36.4 112% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 212 160% 213 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 162GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 347 389 398 401 405 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 421 Write 323 Mixed 317 SusWrite 384 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 32.9 107% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 200 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 141 138 137 137 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 125 Mixed 66 SusWrite 137 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 188 185 184 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 163 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 186 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
H/W JBOD 7TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 6TB free Firmware: 0106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 186 189 185 186 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 171 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 184 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 779GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 184 187 184 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 178 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 184 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
SABRENT 500GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 465GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 110 110 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 72.2 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 109 64% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD0000802C F4-2400C15-8GVR Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 67%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,108x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	463x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	170x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	345x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	236x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	65x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	520x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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