Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.8% 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	98.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 05:43
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 611 58% 483 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 10 11% 12.2 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 14.3 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 10%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.81 6% 8.78 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 15.3 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 200GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 402 391 396 402 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 376 Mixed 310 SusWrite 397 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 39.1 141% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 136 122% 180 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 293 272 269 266 255 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 407 Mixed 364 SusWrite 301 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 46.1 149% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 314 237% 320 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 19.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,113x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

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 $40	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