Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11% 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	109% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 80.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 235 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 654 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 10.2 11% 12.5 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 14.3 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 114 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 59 54 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 400145197	109% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 406 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 41.6 167% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 25.3 89% 199 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 122%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 163 Write 107 Mixed 102 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 6.76 4K Mixed 0.53 230% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 94%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 1,990 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 80.8 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 4.31 4K Mixed 0.46 157% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25789530395 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 160 (C2) HDA temperature 152 152 176094904356 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 164 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13818598739 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7074868472	97.7% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 156 Mixed 171 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 108%
Seagate M3 Portable 500GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 410GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 112 Mixed 91.1 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.14 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 115%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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