Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.92% 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	17.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '17 at 05:15
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 679 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	9.92% Terrible	Lighting 12.6 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 9.16 10% 11.4 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 9.37 Splatting 13.3 9% 11 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.92% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
St2000dm 4 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.5% Very poor	Read 191 Write 156 Mixed 161 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.18 2% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 87%
ST375064 0AS 750GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 415GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.7% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 32.6 Mixed 14 33% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.09 7% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 8,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 79%

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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 15%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,122x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	465x
Core i5-6400Intel $75Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	510x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	524x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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