Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% 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 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.87% 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	276% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200220
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 856 85% 695 Pts	64-Core 1036 64% 1036 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.88 6% 9.55 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 16.8 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 890 651 666 660 657 655 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,532 Write 2,083 Mixed 1,649 SusWrite 697 388% 1,740 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 86.3 283% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1059 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 992 739% 982 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 176 176 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 137 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 175 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 26GB free Firmware: CC3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 98 100 101 100 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 92 Write 93.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 99.5 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 118 118 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 114 Write 117 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 119 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 17.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 24 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 87%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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