Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0YJPT1
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180625
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 23 '20 at 04:18
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 103
2-Core 206
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 512
59% 459 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 114
Parallax 203
111% 151 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 133
Splatting 163
116% 137 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 110%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB
37GB free
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 211 191 158 162 153 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
64% Good
Read 358
Write 449
Mixed 254
SusWrite 192
70% 313 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 36.7
4K Mixed 20.3
72% 24.9 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 172
179% 293 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 64%
Great: 119%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20
243GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 19.01H19
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 84 83 78 98 100 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
51.1% Above average
Read 96
Write 66
Mixed 66
SusWrite 81.8
57% 77.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 51.1%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
58.8% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 20.7
MC Mixed 18.8
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 18.1
SC Mixed 17.9
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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