Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0YJPT1
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180625
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 29 '21 at 07:13
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
Watch Gameplay: 3070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
74.9% Very good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 98.2
2-Core 206
73% 129 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 509
55% 436 Pts
64-Core 470
29% 470 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$488
Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
144% Outstanding
Lighting 210
Reflection 196
Parallax 187
171% 198 fps
MRender 195
Gravity 146
Splatting 129
125% 156 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 144%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 234 233 220 210 201 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
63.6% Good
Read 250
Write 236
Mixed 227
SusWrite 221
53% 234 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 41.8
4K Mixed 31
100% 32.7 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 195
147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 63.6%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
269GB free
Firmware: JC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 90 91 92 92 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
53.6% Above average
Read 95.8
Write 100
Mixed 65.2
SusWrite 90.9
65% 88 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 53.6%
Great: 68%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB
29GB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 71 72 73 72 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
41.3% Average
Read 72.5
Write 62.7
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 71.4
41% 56.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 41.3%
Great: 75%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 256GB
205GB free, PID 0749
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
23.7% Poor
Read 38.7
Write 38.2
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 38.4
52% 37.7 MB/s
4K Read 7.2
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 4
251% 4.6 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 23.7%
Great: 45%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
31.7% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 9.8
MC Mixed 9
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 10.6
SC Write 11.2
SC Mixed 10.7
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 75.4
53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 31.7%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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