Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	4.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '19 at 05:34
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 158 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 391 42% 335 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1B0A 909D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 1.94 2% 2.15 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 2.09 2% 1.82 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 43 45 54 66 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 125 Write 52.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 56.1 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 184%
Seagate Ultra Slim MT 2TB 1,663 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 197GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 24 27 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 25.3 Write 22.5 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 25.6 18% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.5 153% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 66%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 26.5 Write 26.8 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 12.7 17% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 248% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 92%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 119GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 11 8.4 9.6 9.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 24.5 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 10.4 30% 22.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.4 94% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 37%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 600GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 26.7 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 12.4 31% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 12GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 50%

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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%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $336

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 $182	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) $30	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