Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% 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, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '19 at 06:36
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (80^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 926 89% 734 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.6 84% 105 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$37 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 443 438 437 367 356 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1659 Write 426 Mixed 360 SusWrite 432 156% 719 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 47.3 146% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 339 335% 546 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 216%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 624GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 330 291 73 73 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 426 Write 307 Mixed 298 SusWrite 213 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 10.2 59% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 99.1 DQ Mixed 29.2 43% 81.8 MB/s

Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 72 82 102 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 1.7 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 90.3 46% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 231% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 190 190 188 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 133 Write 153 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 188 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.8 207% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 581GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 160 158 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 142 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 158 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 17 18 21 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 6.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 19.4 20% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 31% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 22%

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 30.1 MC Mixed 22.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,986x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,522x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	924x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	697x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	645x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	564x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	264x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	159x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	468x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	361x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16