Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99.4% 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	261% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0H0P0M
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 02:07
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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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 i9-9900K-$399 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 1,070 99% 829 Pts	64-Core 1,585 98% 1,585 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 119 103% 128 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv2t04 NVMe TOSHIBA 2048GB 1,462 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: AFDA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1604 1009 1016 1026 1032 1029 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 1,898 Mixed 1,406 SusWrite 1,119 362% 1,614 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 59.7 212% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,166 DQ Write 926 DQ Mixed 761 647% 951 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 259%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$199 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 486 486 487 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 484 Mixed 386 SusWrite 486 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.6 174% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 190 190 192 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 173 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 190 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
WD My Book Duo 25F6 16TB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8.5TB free, PID 25f6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 311 307 317 321 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 291 Write 244 Mixed 140 SusWrite 313 329% 247 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 136%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,910 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 12 14 13 13 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 96.2 Write 57 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 15.3 53% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 114% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 35%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 12TB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 6TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 224 224 222 222 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 218 Write 200 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 217 242% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 42% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 108%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 12TB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 8.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 217 223 225 219 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 257 Write 154 Mixed 52 SusWrite 217 213% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 108%
Drobo 5C 70.5TB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 62.5TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 173 160 158 212 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 202 Write 74 Mixed 141 SusWrite 166 187% 146 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.5 256% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2K43CB1-CTD 4x16GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 26.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 26.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 93%

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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	3,010x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,533x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	328x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	930x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	700x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	648x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	569x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $33Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	266x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	160x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	476x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	475x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	362x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $295

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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