Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics10.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive301% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8900  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0XJ8C4
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190523
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 08 '21 at 18:58
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 79.1
1-Core 124
2-Core 241
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 647
68% 542 Pts
64-Core 657
41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60
Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
10.2% Very poor
Lighting 12.5
Reflection 14.7
Parallax 10.3
10% 12.5 fps
MRender 10.5
Gravity 12.4
Splatting 13.5
10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 10.2%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1843 1065 800 804 800 796 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
301% Outstanding
Read 2,213
Write 1,988
Mixed 1,136
SusWrite 1018
355% 1,589 MB/s
4K Read 67.3
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 93.5
306% 107 MB/s
DQ Read 1,304
DQ Write 1,163
DQ Mixed 1,221
919% 1,230 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 301%
Great: 355%
General UDisk 67GB
27GB free, PID 1234
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 3.7 3.2 3.6 4 3 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
3.13% Terrible
Read 10
Write 0.8
Mixed 3.5
SusWrite 3.5
5% 4.45 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.13%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.6% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 22.6
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 18.3
58% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 82.3
49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8900 Builds (Compare 2,784 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8900

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $380
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