Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190516
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 03:40
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	55%

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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)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 1,124 100% 845 Pts	64-Core 1,114 69% 1,114 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 81.5 80% 89.4 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 84.9 Splatting 73.6 69% 86.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,027 Write 1,655 Mixed 1248 364% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 70 244% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 1016 DQ Mixed 786 645% 916 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 242%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 184 191 186 190 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 174 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 186 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 1,498 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 30GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 12 12 13 12 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 87.5 Write 13.7 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 13 32% 33 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 130% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 89%

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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%

Nuclear submarine

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 $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