Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.5% 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	170% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 13:04
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 878 85% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,125 70% 1,125 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 91.8 83% 102 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 101 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 452 444 438 448 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,614 Write 351 Mixed 392 SusWrite 430 152% 697 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 49.2 186% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 662 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 346 299% 451 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 216%
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 447GB free Firmware: N181017a SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 403 390 425 421 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 431 Mixed 400 SusWrite 375 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 37.2 134% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 216 164% 215 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 103%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 681GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 287 235 116 24 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 442 Write 370 Mixed 305 SusWrite 187 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 11.8 63% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 28.9 42% 79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 190 180 183 190 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 90.8 Write 135 Mixed 68 SusWrite 188 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 212% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 155 153 157 158 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 100 Write 61.8 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 155 63% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 90%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 125 128 127 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 74.2 Write 65.7 Mixed 59 SusWrite 127 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 110%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 541GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 145 147 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 131 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 146 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 100%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 125 128 127 128 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 55 SusWrite 126 70% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 521GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 19 19 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 20 Write 11.3 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 18.4 21% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 27.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,971x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,510x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	916x
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	469x
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 $295	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