Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.07% 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	129% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 07:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 602 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 1087) 1GB CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	6.07% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 8.75 6% 8.08 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 7.57 6% 6.95 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.07% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 59GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1740 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 18987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1226 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73313 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3076 (F1) Unknown 200 200 46420235204 (F2) Unknown 200 200 42293328159	10.9% Very poor	Read 118 Write 91.9 Mixed 76.4 21% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.28 2% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 129%
WDC WD10EZEX-75M2NA0 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15831 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 638 (B1) Unknown 95 95 101 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54888244045	129% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 492 Mixed 493 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 59.1 200% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 145 166% 286 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 44GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10838 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10752 (C2) HDA temperature 107 90 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 116 Write 92.7 Mixed 84.9 73% 98 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.43 134% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 2x4GB 6,798 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,685x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,733x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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