Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	109% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	17.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '20 at 17:22
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 181 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 625 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 136 Parallax 128 105% 131 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 411 423 437 434 430 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 275 Mixed 422 SusWrite 421 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 48.6 159% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 280 227% 321 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
Samsung CM851 M.2 2242 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 30GB free Firmware: FXM21D2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 107 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 336 Write 104 Mixed 141 SusWrite 105 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 15.4 86% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 66.4 67% 111 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 204 203 208 206 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 152 Mixed 75 SusWrite 205 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A5143EB1-CPB M378A5143EB1-CPB 24GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

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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	2,121x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $78Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	509x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16