Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.2% 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	268% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 00:06
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 79.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 1,137 101% 854 Pts	64-Core 1,130 70% 1,130 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 92.1 80% 99.1 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 95.7 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1200 926 806 805 807 808 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 2,292 Mixed 1,554 SusWrite 892 387% 1,727 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 75.7 256% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 1,086 DQ Mixed 893 719% 1,009 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 267%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 190 190 187 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 183 Mixed 30 SusWrite 188 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 53GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 41 27 27 27 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 135 Write 41.7 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 34.5 72% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.2 162% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 28.7 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 91%

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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