Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.86% 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.
Boot Drive	98.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110620
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '20 at 22:40
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$188 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 456 51% 400 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 085B) 1.5GB CLim: 789 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 9 Parallax 6.12 6% 7.59 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.77 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 437 450 449 451 454 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 424 Mixed 337 SusWrite 444 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 38.9 125% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 239 209% 313 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 290GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 71.7 Write 73.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 87.4 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 2,942 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,313x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	179x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $327

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16