Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '16 at 19:31
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 225 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 638 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 111 Parallax 104 80% 105 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 98.1 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PC512HAGH-000 512GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM0101Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1966 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 987 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 119 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7595252980	76.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 380 Mixed 438 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 13.9 92% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 50 66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 645GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94266696 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 41 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31040019 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 588775454 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 86203 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42932493083167 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8302490401 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101989903954	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 183 Mixed 173 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 78.4 Write 76.1 Mixed 76.7 99% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.15 56% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 49%
Plugable USB3-SATA-U3 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 58.3 Write 45.6 Mixed 48.7 63% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.32 79% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 36%
ST320006 44NS 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.3% Average	Read 94.9 Write 95.9 Mixed 64.6 107% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.54 93% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 43%
Generic- Compact Flash 2GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.52% Terrible	Read 11.9 Write 7.91 Mixed 9.81 12% 9.86 MB/s	4K Read 4.11 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 18% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 4,057 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 79%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,133x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	466x
Core i5-6400Intel $67Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	516x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	349x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	239x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	525x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	226x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	160x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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