Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.6% 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	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0H0P0M
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 22:17
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 89 2-Core 173 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 566 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 82.4 77% 87.2 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 76.3 73% 92 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 SSD 512GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 113 113 113 114 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 197 Write 102 Mixed 302 SusWrite 138 42% 185 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 30.7 110% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 215 187% 275 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 382GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 134 133 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 134 Mixed 71 SusWrite 134 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 114%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 228 234 230 230 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 228 Write 232 Mixed 104 SusWrite 231 145% 199 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.7 331% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 681 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 93%

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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	2,967x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,501x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	561x
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	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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