Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.7% 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	274% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 17:56
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 275 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 876 86% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 105% 128 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1721 937 588 587 590 591 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,329 Write 1,776 Mixed 1,442 SusWrite 836 356% 1,596 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 83.3 278% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,039 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 955 721% 968 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 296%
WD My Passport 25F3 1TB 492 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 238GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 447 454 458 456 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 348 Write 362 Mixed 286 SusWrite 453 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 29.8 107% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 196 152% 211 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 28GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 325 334 321 328 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 325 Write 322 Mixed 298 SusWrite 324 72% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 28.9 94% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 144 104% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 187 186 185 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 166 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 185 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 63GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 98 96 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 64.2 Write 97.5 Mixed 84 SusWrite 96.6 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.5 141% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,983x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,518x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	922x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	644x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	564x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	264x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	361x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16