Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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 (72%). 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	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190523
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '20 at 16:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 109 2-Core 193 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 621 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% 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 (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 110% 138 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 425 418 405 424 426 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 433 Mixed 423 SusWrite 408 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 47.2 162% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 279 226% 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: 105 106 105 104 106 104 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 333 Write 102 Mixed 150 SusWrite 105 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 15.1 94% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 65.9 67% 111 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 207 204 205 206 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 122 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 205 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 116% 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 below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.1% 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	2,112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16