Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.9% 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	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 20:57
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 192 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 610 59% 488 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.7 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 10 11% 12.3 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 14.3 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Mushkin Reactor 256GB-$114 909 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 107 51 63 64 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 456 Write 295 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 95.1 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 24.6 62% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 135GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 186 184 189 190 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 120 Mixed 80 SusWrite 184 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 22GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 89.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 37.9 63% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 8,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 79%

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

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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	2,111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	463x
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	236x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	65x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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