Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.17% 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	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '19 at 05:21
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 174 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 442 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Lighting 9.43 Reflection 7 Parallax 7.72 8% 8.05 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 8.57 6% 7.38 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 228 230 233 231 231 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.7% Good	Read 251 Write 227 Mixed 226 SusWrite 229 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 29.9 102% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 118 86% 113 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 123%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 348GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 94 94 95 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 88.9 Write 88.5 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 93.6 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 85%
H/W RAID 5 16TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0961 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 87 92 90 93 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58% Above average	Read 108 Write 87 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 91.3 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 543% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 116%
Mobius H /W RAID5 16TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4TB free Firmware: 0962 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 88 93 91 93 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 79 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 84.6 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 612% 4.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 125%
WD Ext HDD 1021 3TB 2,189 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 26 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 23.5 Mixed 24.1 SusWrite 26.9 35% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GB 1,553 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 54%

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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 $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,306x
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: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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