Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	311% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 01:47
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 1,112 101% 850 Pts	64-Core 1,130 70% 1,130 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Dell(1028 3796) ≥ 4GB; CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.23 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 78.2 70% 83.1 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 76.3 72% 89.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981a NVMe Samsung 512GB 3,592 User benchmarks, average bench 220% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15302129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2107 819 819 816 821 822 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,626 Write 2,399 Mixed 1,844 SusWrite 1034 442% 1,976 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 87.8 289% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,272 DQ Write 1,101 DQ Mixed 1,174 884% 1,182 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 298%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 209 218 220 220 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 188 Mixed 87 SusWrite 216 128% 176 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 440% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 106%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 1TB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 503GB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 96 123 121 120 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 115 Write 124 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 117 130% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 57%

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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 24.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

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

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,965x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,500x
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	640x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	560x
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	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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