Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 23:50
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 187 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 458 50% 394 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 04AA) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.25% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.4 fps	MRender 2.05 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.48 2% 1.83 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.25% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 126 46 65 41 60 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 460 Write 275 Mixed 190 SusWrite 85.4 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 27.6 81% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 178 162% 245 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 85%
Kingston DataTraveler GE9 8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1692 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.3 4 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	4.2% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 5.8 Mixed 8.3 SusWrite 3.4 10% 8.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.2% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 62%

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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 24%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,305x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Total price: $336

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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