Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.4% 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 Drive69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0YJPT1
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180625
Uptime1 Days
Run DateDec 10 '18 at 11:20
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
75% Very good
Memory 86.8
1-Core 105
2-Core 172
72% 121 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 508
53% 425 Pts
64-Core 514
32% 514 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 75%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7770
Dell(1028 2304) 2GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
13.4% Very poor
Lighting 16.5
Reflection 16.7
Parallax 22.5
13% 18.6 fps
MRender 13.7
Gravity 15.3
Splatting 18.7
13% 15.9 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.4%
Great: 14%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 200 184 178 160 141 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
69.4% Good
Read 468
Write 402
Mixed 339
SusWrite 182
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 47.2
4K Mixed 29.7
104% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 88.4
DQ Mixed 126
104% 155 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 124%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB
29GB free
Firmware: CXM12D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 75 78 83 83 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
40.7% Average
Read 337
Write 84.8
Mixed 132
SusWrite 80.3
35% 159 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 27.7
4K Mixed 14.2
57% 19.3 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 33.6
DQ Mixed 57.4
56% 93.9 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 40.7%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT51264BD160B.C16F Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 859B CT51264BD160B.C16F Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 16.9
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 18.1
SC Mixed 19.1
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,098 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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