Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KWVT8
Memory26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130802
Uptime2.3 Days
Run DateDec 14 '18 at 06:16
Run Duration164 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
70.3% Very good
Memory 79.9
1-Core 104
2-Core 193
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 544
53% 436 Pts
64-Core 554
34% 554 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 191
Parallax 190
133% 181 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 167
Splatting 127
114% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 202 200 153 101 86 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
61.5% Good
Read 429
Write 204
Mixed 207
SusWrite 156
55% 249 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 54.9
4K Mixed 22.7
88% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 285
DQ Write 66.7
DQ Mixed 113
100% 155 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 61.5%
Great: 76%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB
34GB free
Firmware: CXM13D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 245 233 227 177 145 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
65.7% Good
Read 419
Write 257
Mixed 239
SusWrite 214
63% 282 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 53.2
4K Mixed 24.7
91% 32.8 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 89.2
DQ Mixed 130
109% 162 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 65.7%
Great: 80%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320
330GB free
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 345 387 406 428 442 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 432
Mixed 380
SusWrite 398
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 90.1
4K Mixed 48.9
166% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 343
259% 347 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 111%
Great: 130%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 154 153 155 154 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Read 156
Write 100
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 153
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NF-DI 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
55.8% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 16.4
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 12.9
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 18.3
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 55.8%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8700 Builds (Compare 5,053 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8700

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $275
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