Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.2% 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 Drive	110% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	14.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 14:50
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 220 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 434 59% 437 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 7.8 5% 7.1 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 11.2 8% 9.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 311 268 263 237 231 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 805 Write 296 Mixed 435 SusWrite 269 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 32.3 152% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 216 201% 311 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 193%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 17.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 85%

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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 32%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,980x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,514x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	921x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	644x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	563x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	263x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	472x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	360x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16