Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	178% 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 17:34
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 924 90% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,117 69% 1,117 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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 (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 123 Parallax 138 104% 130 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% 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: 431 453 438 453 407 362 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,730 Write 437 Mixed 449 SusWrite 424 166% 760 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 46.1 173% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 349 346% 562 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 216%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 624GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 296 264 71 25 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 435 Write 334 Mixed 288 SusWrite 182 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 10.3 45% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 29.3 43% 81.1 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 189 185 193 194 194 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 53.3 Write 110 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 190 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.9 237% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 90%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 581GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 159 160 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 151 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 159 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 25.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.6% 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	2,977x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,513x
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	920x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	644x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	563x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	263x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	472x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	360x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16