Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	84.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 20:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 179 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 448 49% 388 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 160 Parallax 145 110% 147 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 151 Splatting 106 98% 121 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 254 181 167 134 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 470 Write 449 Mixed 302 SusWrite 214 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 36.7 120% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 251 215% 316 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 519GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 101 100 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.8 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 101 60% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2 363% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 136GB free Firmware: CC4G SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 70 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 69 Write 69 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 70.5 46% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 70%
WD easystore 25FB 4TB 3,961 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 130 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 119 Write 125 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 130 152% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A2000C9 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 CMX8GX3M2A2000C9 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,305x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $336

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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