Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 10:42
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 925 90% 738 Pts	64-Core 1,134 70% 1,134 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 125 Parallax 128 105% 128 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 124 Splatting 100 105% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 438 454 436 372 338 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,585 Write 438 Mixed 454 SusWrite 417 158% 724 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 47.7 175% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 588 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 348 307% 461 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 216%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 624GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 294 230 76 58 72 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 443 Write 352 Mixed 315 SusWrite 188 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 10.8 41% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 29.1 44% 83.5 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 184 185 188 189 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 94 Write 109 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 186 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.9 224% 2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 581GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 157 158 158 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 144 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 158 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 27 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,966x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,501x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	640x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	560x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

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 $184	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) $35	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