Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	279% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	49.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200220
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '20 at 19:34
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 80.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 281 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 865 83% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,335 83% 1,335 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 12FE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 125 Parallax 127 106% 127 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 125 Splatting 101 105% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 257% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 944 1072 1206 1146 1073 1106 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,215 Write 2,334 Mixed 1,684 SusWrite 1,091 411% 1831 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 77.3 258% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,071 DQ Write 886 DQ Mixed 974 730% 977 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 330%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 204 204 203 204 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 200 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 202 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 127GB 350 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 98GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 60 56 65 21 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 66.3 Write 15.6 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 45.1 47% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 116% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6JJR8N-VK 4x16GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 93%

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Desktop 90%

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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 $45	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