Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.3% 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	266% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '19 at 02:51
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 86.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 245 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 1,142 102% 859 Pts	64-Core 1,141 71% 1,141 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.58 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 82.5 79% 89.5 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 75 71% 89.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1492 820 794 798 803 805 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 2,280 Mixed 1,488 SusWrite 919 378% 1,684 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 74.5 246% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,284 DQ Write 1,029 DQ Mixed 908 747% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 267%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 214 219 218 219 219 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 170 175 175 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 100 Write 124 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 173 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.8 264% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 754GB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 120 139 133 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 13 Write 35.4 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 95 60% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 77%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID a768 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.64% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.4 7% 6.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 38% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.64% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 26.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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