Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	213% 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	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.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190516
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 05:54
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 84.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 930 91% 747 Pts	64-Core 1290 80% 1290 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 97.2 Parallax 88 81% 94.7 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 76.9 71% 88.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 1024GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1225 1286 1273 1270 1037 509 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,249 Write 1,234 Mixed 1,076 SusWrite 1,100 262% 1,165 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 57.1 186% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 853 DQ Mixed 903 663% 865 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 219%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 362GB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 171 172 146 163 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 164 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 0.9 7% 3.77 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 1.6 2% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 18%
Seagate Expansion 5TB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 632GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 106 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 87.3 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 67%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 816GB free Firmware: 0342 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 128 130 129 131 132 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 61 Write 73.5 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 128 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.1 109% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 5TB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 6GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 65 65 64 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 52.9 Write 72.8 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 63.1 49% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 26.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 91%

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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%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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