Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 13:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 466 44% 362 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 100 Parallax 89.6 77% 94.6 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 72.1 66% 81.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 105 29 66 62 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 449 Write 403 Mixed 28 SusWrite 106 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 0.4 53% 128 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 100%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 253GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 68 66 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 66.3 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 186% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 73%
Sony QD-G128 130GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 100GB free, PID 087c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 15.7 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 19.8 26% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 2.8 120% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 64%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 51GB free, PID 0184 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 25.2 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 28 37% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.3 216% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMR1870EC58E9F1333 4x4GB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 53%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,308x
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	179x
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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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