Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8930  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0DF42J
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181102
Uptime5 Days
Run DateFeb 10 '19 at 23:30
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8400-$131
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 83.3
1-Core 126
2-Core 248
84% 152 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 716
73% 593 Pts
64-Core 722
45% 722 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)
Dell(1028 0859) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6290
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
7.04% Terrible
Lighting 7.13
Reflection 10.7
Parallax 7.12
6% 8.33 fps
MRender 11.8
Gravity 6.33
Splatting 15
9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.04%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB
869GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 424 429 424 428 431 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
67.1% Good
Read 468
Write 401
Mixed 353
SusWrite 428
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 21.9
4K Mixed 15.3
68% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 69.8
DQ Write 22
DQ Mixed 20.3
22% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
890GB free
Firmware: MS2OA810
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 171 178 143 181 178 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 155
Mixed 35.3
SusWrite 171
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 101%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 32
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 23.4
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 24.3
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 74.7
54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8930 Builds (Compare 6,366 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 32%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

System: Dell XPS 8930

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $292
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