Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.9% 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	139% 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 0DF42J
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190716
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 06:14
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 845 86% 694 Pts	64-Core 977 60% 977 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.3 80% 98.6 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 92 Splatting 95.7 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% 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% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 400 400 353 349 325 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 818 Write 754 Mixed 560 SusWrite 377 140% 627 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 48.7 180% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 807 DQ Write 447 DQ Mixed 343 331% 532 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 216%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 193 193 193 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 188 Mixed 31 SusWrite 192 109% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 536GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 89 88 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 85.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 88.9 104% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 449GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 87 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 90.5 Write 91 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 87 108% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 44%

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 below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.2% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 85%

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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