Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.9% 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	92% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 21:46
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

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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 i7-2600-$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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 89.2 2-Core 160 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 417 44% 350 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3512 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 147 Parallax 104 83% 117 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 80.9 77% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 04AA) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.94% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 1.3 1% 1.37 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.27 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.94% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0A 2TB 2,924 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 575GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 414 414 384 386 396 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 433 Mixed 317 SusWrite 402 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 33.7 112% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 249 210% 306 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 117%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 122 125 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 124 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 73%
Generic- SD/MMC 128GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 118GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 17.9 Write 16.7 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 14.3 22% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 2.5 175% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 24%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 24.6 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 21 32% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 4x2GB 1,752 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 52%

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

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Desktop 75%

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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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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