Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB 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 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.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181102
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 236 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 883 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.5 84% 104 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 100 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpekkf512g8 NVMe INTEL 512GB 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 467GB free Firmware: D05N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 529 537 539 537 532 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,538 Write 1,091 Mixed 1,156 SusWrite 570 243% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 86.4 284% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 670 DQ Write 816 DQ Mixed 720 549% 735 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 269%
WD My Passport 25F3 1TB 492 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 904GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 339 386 384 384 378 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 308 Write 312 Mixed 258 SusWrite 366 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 20.5 76% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 80.5 69% 101 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 152 181 187 193 169 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 168 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 2599 2TB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 2599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 33.3 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 40.6 48% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 45%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 179 182 179 184 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 179 Write 191 Mixed 114 SusWrite 184 226% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 86%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 3TB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 413GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 175 182 175 177 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 145 Write 68 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 178 162% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 75% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,967x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,503x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	561x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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