Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 19:52
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 484 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 122 Parallax 101 92% 112 fps	MRender 89.3 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 82.9 74% 90.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3278 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 610 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9164993589	78.2% Very good	Read 495 Write 404 Mixed 390 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 23.2 103% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 23.1 29% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 134%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 13GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15956 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2637 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 185 (B2) Unknown 93 93 26 (B3) Unknown 94 94 46 (B4) Unknown 94 94 770 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 93 93 382 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1889717716 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3599283277	34% Below average	Read 366 Write 86.7 Mixed 135 42% 196 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 6.2 46% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 20.5 DQ Mixed 6.41 9% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 44%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21506687463 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 641 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 641 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 210454118436 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 158 Mixed 132 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 457GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8431 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2510 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3121 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 181 181 1607 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 181 181 1605 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 166 133 6919 (F0) Head flying hours 81 81 14121 (F1) Unknown 200 200 54245604468 (F2) Unknown 200 200 46060170037	71.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 127 Mixed 120 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.34 102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 91%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,666x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	155x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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