Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.4% 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.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 19:56
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 506 57% 445 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 2304) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 22.3 14% 18.4 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.6 13% 16 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 662GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 453 508 506 509 488 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 178GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 243 242 243 243 243 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	75.2% Very good	Read 253 Write 238 Mixed 238 SusWrite 243 55% 243 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 40 133% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 196 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 128%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 357 Write 85.8 Mixed 132 SusWrite 83.6 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 14.5 59% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 33.7 DQ Mixed 59 58% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,663x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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 $178	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