Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	172% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 20:02
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 78.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 258 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 757 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 964 60% 964 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 6.97 6% 7.9 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.36 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 126 Parallax 109 94% 117 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 118 Splatting 96 86% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 346 317 321 280 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,725 Write 494 Mixed 456 SusWrite 324 163% 750 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 47.2 176% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 843 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 340 339% 553 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 216%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 192 193 192 192 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 167 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 192 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KY7N41-MIE 4x8GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 70.3% 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	2,967x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,501x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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