Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 23:33
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 650 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 150 Parallax 136 100% 137 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 243 616 158 537 488 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 432GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 424 302 307 420 413 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 428 Mixed 358 SusWrite 382 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 38.2 136% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 302 227% 303 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 264GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 95 92 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 73.2 Mixed 66 SusWrite 94.2 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 859B0000802C CT8G4DFD8213.C16FHP 859B0000802C CT8G4DFD8213.C16FHP 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 74%

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

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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 $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,122x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	465x
Core i5-6400Intel $75Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	510x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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