Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.75% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180725
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 17:05
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 630 61% 503 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.75% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 7.38 6% 8.29 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14 9% 10 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.75% Great: 6%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 440 Write 301 Mixed 256 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 18.3 85% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 125 106% 160 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 249 Write 77.3 Mixed 119 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.8 1,345% 9.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 365GB free Firmware: CC44 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,485 Write 36.8 Mixed 46.4 1,328% 1,856 MB/s	4K Read 709 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.5 29,706% 237 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.9 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 81%

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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 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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