Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.3% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	27.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 07:20
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 153 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 451 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 14.3 12% 13.4 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 12.6 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 116 95 94 79 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 410 Write 299 Mixed 352 SusWrite 136 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 37.4 124% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 237 184% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 134%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 642GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 45 40 38 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 10.7 Write 39.3 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 42.6 20% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 447GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 88 87 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 84 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 87.7 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 28GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 49 49 61 56 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 8.3 Write 7.2 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 52.4 14% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 200GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 26.3 Mixed 14 SusWrite 27.6 32% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GB 2,464 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^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 16.5 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 52%

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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 $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 $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