Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	277% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 19:19
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$409 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 1,144 101% 855 Pts	64-Core 1,471 91% 1,471 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	136% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 195 Parallax 167 140% 178 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 211 Splatting 127 152% 195 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv2t04 NVMe TOSHIBA 2048GB 1,462 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 1.5TB free Firmware: AFDA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 35 35 35 35 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	638% Outstanding	Read 7,669 Write 67 Mixed 126 SusWrite 39.5 410% 1,975 MB/s	4K Read 812 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 8.3 1,243% 275 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 638% Great: 259%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$159 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 559 321 341 332 333 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,597 Write 2,158 Mixed 1,567 SusWrite 447 376% 1,692 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 94.5 316% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,172 DQ Write 982 DQ Mixed 999 769% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 435%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 877GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 25 33 34 34 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
General USB Flash Disk 126GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 15 3.7 15 3.8 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 244 Write 63.3 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 10.2 95% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 9.7 840% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 13.9 DQ Mixed 10.4 897% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KY7N41-MIE 4x8GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 25.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 91%

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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 $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	3,018x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,535x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	329x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	934x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	701x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	648x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	572x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $33Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	267x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	160x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	477x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	476x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	365x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $295

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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