Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190716
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 06:38
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 825 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% XFX(1682 9560) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1295 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 29.8 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 37.1 24% 32.5 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 31 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 113 116 164 159 180 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 191 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 142 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 106%
Seagate Ultra Slim MT 2TB 1,663 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 119 126 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 96.8 Write 127 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 125 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 221% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 22.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	3,017x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,535x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	328x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	934x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	700x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	648x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	571x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $33Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	266x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	160x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	476x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	476x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	365x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $295

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16