Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 14:48
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 1151 102% 867 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 97 Parallax 87.6 79% 93.7 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 75.5 70% 87.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,102 Write 1,624 Mixed 1,279 370% 1,668 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 71 240% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 875 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 787 608% 829 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 242%
Seagate BUP SL 5TB 1,348 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 132 133 139 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 119 Write 95.9 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 136 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 5% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 13%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 180GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 84 91 92 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 72.2 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 89 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 143 153 147 146 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 76.6 Write 95.6 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 142 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 30% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,647 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 24 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 25.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

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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	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
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	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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