Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 01:43
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$197 185,630 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 (94^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 174 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 369 43% 335 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 4.19 Parallax 4.16 4% 4.19 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC-WRSN 1TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 836GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 294 290 296 295 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 452 Write 423 Mixed 278 SusWrite 299 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 26.7 84% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 228 194% 284 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 262GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 408 288 226 202 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 450 Write 433 Mixed 309 SusWrite 294 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 27 94% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 204 169% 239 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 169 171 170 166 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 167 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 218% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,597 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 642GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 36 Write 36.4 Mixed 26 SusWrite 36 46% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 20%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,127 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 774GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 40.3 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 41.4 47% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4H1 M378B5773DH0-CH9 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4H1 12GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 12.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,305x
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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Total price: $336

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