Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics11.2% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
SystemDell XPS 8700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KWVT8
Memory7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180613
Uptime8 Days
Run DateSep 26 '20 at 17:40
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 91.8
1-Core 115
2-Core 230
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 595
62% 496 Pts
64-Core 595
37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60
Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
11.2% Very poor
Lighting 14
Reflection 13.3
Parallax 10.2
11% 12.5 fps
MRender 11
Gravity 12.7
Splatting 14.4
11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 11.2%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1ER162 2TB
796GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 407 434 436 433 422 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Read 504
Write 382
Mixed 416
SusWrite 410
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 84.7
4K Mixed 42.6
151% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 144
116% 168 MB/s
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB
877GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 157 154 155 156 155 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
78.3% Very good
Read 118
Write 119
Mixed 68
SusWrite 153
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 0.8
248% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 12GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
57.5% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 20.8
MC Mixed 16.7
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 19.1
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 64.5
62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 57.5%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8700 Builds (Compare 5,045 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8700

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $275
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