Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.46% 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	The 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140416
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 04:05
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 52.1 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 156 52% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 503 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 80%

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: 347.9 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.46% Terrible	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 5.91 7% 7.63 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 12 8% 9.77 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 7.46% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141323208 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 878 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 242092567 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 571736097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1004 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 77309411361 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 123196841928726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31258636457 (F2) Unknown 100 253 202375081317	94.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 153 Mixed 149 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 112%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power16G 16GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	8.34% Terrible	Read 24.6 Write 15.5 Mixed 15.9 22% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.75 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.21 29% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.34% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GB 3,272 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 83%

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

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,708x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,747x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	574x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	363x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	325x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	168x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	352x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	195x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16