Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.6% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

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System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	35.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190401
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 21:25
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 84.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 859 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.7% Very good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 113 Parallax 76.9 71% 92.3 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 94 Splatting 79.9 73% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B 1TB 6,502 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 441 393 399 401 397 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 438 Mixed 295 SusWrite 403 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 36.3 116% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 236 205% 305 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 740GB free Firmware: 1002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 216 220 220 215 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 177 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 216 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 120 120 121 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 82.7 Write 119 Mixed 77 SusWrite 119 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 174% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 159GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 67.8 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 58.2 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 67%
USB 3.0 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 946GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 186 186 184 181 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 157 Write 167 Mixed 132 SusWrite 184 220% 160 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 53% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6J1 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 00009B1A CT16G4DFD8266.C16FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 48GB 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 26.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 28 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns

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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 $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	3,011x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,533x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	328x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	931x
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	569x
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	362x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $295

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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