Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 118% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	218% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	58.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '20 at 15:06
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$340 19,477 User benchmarks, average bench 95% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 83 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 944 92% 736 Pts	64-Core 985 66% 985 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$280 111,482 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 298 Reflection 208 Parallax 269 78% 258 fps	MRender 220 Gravity 262 Splatting 180 74% 221 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 512GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001030 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 851 1095 1296 1291 1291 1018 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,374 Write 1,146 Mixed 1,051 SusWrite 1,140 265% 1,178 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 56.6 181% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 822 DQ Mixed 892 650% 843 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$55 113,419 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 188 220 220 219 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 149 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 211 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 3,379 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 182 185 186 190 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 109 SusWrite 183 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.9 318% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 102%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$84 41,679 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 160 178 178 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 132 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 174 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 123% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6JJR8N-VK 4x16GB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 29.8 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 29.1 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

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

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Workstation 71%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $310Bench 91%, 183,758 samples	5,467x
Core i7-9700Intel $340Bench 95%, 19,477 samples	1,160x
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 94%, 475,905 samples	916x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $150Bench 31%, 541,330 samples	1,766x
GTX 1070Nvidia $408Bench 78%, 833,809 samples	1,456x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 56%, 876,187 samples	1,424x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 26,784 samples	1,639x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $60Bench 139%, 20,836 samples	681x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 122%, 4,608 samples	331x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 4,659 samples	1,654x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 4,212 samples	989x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 3,230 samples	617x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $510

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $54

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16