Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	99.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180725
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 10:53
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 701 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 94% 113 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 82 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 406 458 466 347 323 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 458 Mixed 349 SusWrite 407 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 38.7 131% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 277 223% 316 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 120%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 129 129 128 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 48.8 Write 93 Mixed 54 SusWrite 127 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 189% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 474GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 126 125 125 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 142 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 125 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 108%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 125GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 77 77 79 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 77.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 77.2 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 10GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 132 120 110 107 100 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 119 71% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.7 244% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 117 117 117 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 76.3 Write 90.3 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 115 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.6 220% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 126 135 135 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 51.2 Write 75.5 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 130 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 24GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 76%

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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	2,113x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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