Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.25% 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 Drive53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8300  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0Y2MRG
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111017
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMar 13 '21 at 16:34
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$188
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 90.2
1-Core 96.4
2-Core 193
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 472
52% 410 Pts
64-Core 471
29% 471 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250
EVGA(3842 1255) 896MB
Ram: 896MB, Driver: 341.95
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
7.25% Terrible
Lighting 10.1
Reflection 12.6
Parallax 5.1
8% 9.27 fps
MRender 9
Gravity 8.4
Splatting 3.5
5% 6.97 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.25%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex3 LP 60GB
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 79 79 79 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
53.9% Above average
Read 388
Write 81.5
Mixed 128
SusWrite 77.7
37% 169 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 64.7
4K Mixed 22.5
97% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 107
DQ Write 81.5
DQ Mixed 94.6
71% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 53.9%
Great: 60%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150
931GB free
Firmware: MS2OA610
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 175 172 172 172 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 162
Mixed 37.4
SusWrite 173
100% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 101%
Great: 99%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Kingston HP497157-D88-ELFWG NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Kingston ACR256X64D3U1333C9 8GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
49.4% Average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 17.5
MC Mixed 15.6
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 11.4
SC Write 17.3
SC Mixed 16.6
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 49.4%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8300 Builds (Compare 1,736 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

System: Dell XPS 8300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $323
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