Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97%, 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	155% 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 06:45
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (86^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 926 90% 740 Pts	64-Core 1127 70% 1127 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97% 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 (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.9 84% 104 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 101 80% 97.9 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: 537 455 455 434 428 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,329 Write 409 Mixed 486 SusWrite 448 147% 668 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 47.1 174% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 445 DQ Mixed 329 286% 425 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 216%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 624GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 335 288 89 25 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 404 Write 322 Mixed 300 SusWrite 212 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 10.9 49% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 29.6 43% 79.6 MB/s

Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 92 97 96 74 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 1.7 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 91.1 49% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.2 207% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 184 191 189 187 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 109 Write 147 Mixed 68 SusWrite 187 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 224% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$80 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 581GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 160 159 158 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 148 Write 140 Mixed 85 SusWrite 158 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 4GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 32.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 41.9 46% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 21%

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)	81% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81% 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	2,998x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,528x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	328x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	929x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	698x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	647x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	566x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	265x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	160x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	472x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	361x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16