Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.93% 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.
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.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '16 at 18:09
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 597 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 1087) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 7.77 Parallax 8.72 6% 7.96 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 7.57 6% 6.89 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4731 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1933 (B1) Unknown 98 98 68 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7161808466
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 887GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1867 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1296 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 111023 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1060 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2836601200 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2278107725	112% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 180 Mixed 169 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.35 137% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
SanDisk SD SDDR-189 2GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID b7bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.51% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 19.4 Mixed 10.1 20% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.92 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.13 27% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 8.51% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GB 7,217 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%

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Typical XPS 8700 Builds (Compare 5,131 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,733x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,762x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	578x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	366x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	168x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	353x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	197x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	150x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369