Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '20 at 16:42
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 296 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 1,125 102% 856 Pts	64-Core 1,105 68% 1,105 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.77 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 80.5 77% 86.8 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 76 72% 90.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 856GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 493 1332 1369 1452 1488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,534 Write 1,487 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 1,035 287% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 78.3 275% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 878 DQ Mixed 456 427% 653 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 255%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 7.6 6.8 6.4 6.8 7.1 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 8.7 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 7.2 16% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.5 111% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GKE800UD102408-2666 4x8GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

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

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Gaming 32%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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