Dell XPS 8920

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.3% 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	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 (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 8920 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0VHXCD
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '20 at 16:53
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 126 2-Core 202 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 604 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 5.6 Parallax 1.8 3% 3.77 fps	MRender 5.5 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.3 4% 4.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G32TNF-N2A2A 256GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70060P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 276 220 207 200 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 403 Mixed 378 SusWrite 233 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 43.9 150% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 315 244% 334 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 205 208 206 206 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 201 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 205 123% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
Asmt ASMT105 1TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 197 200 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 193 Mixed 40 SusWrite 195 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 4x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 20.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 97%

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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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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Dell XPS 8920

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,198x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	241x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	205x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	199x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	253x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	33x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	275x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	109x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 74%, 1,002 samples	74x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

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