Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.86% 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	89.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110620
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 04:31
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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 i7-2600-$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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 451 50% 396 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 085B) 1.5GB CLim: 789 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 6.06 6% 7.58 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.75 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 440 446 450 461 447 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 401 Write 431 Mixed 379 SusWrite 447 94% 414 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 28.6 97% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 254 219% 323 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 781GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 119 119 120 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 118 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 134 148 150 144 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 142 Write 149 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 144 179% 132 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 2,942 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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