Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11% 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 Drive	104% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 20:51
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 543 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 10.1 11% 12.3 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 14.3 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 383 372 367 374 328 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 356 Mixed 321 SusWrite 363 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 48.8 164% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 164 163 161 163 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 141 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 162 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 4x4GB 931 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 61%

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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 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,685x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,733x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

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