Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 05:34
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 213 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 513 57% 446 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3855 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 89.5 79% 94.8 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 84.8 Splatting 76.7 76% 95.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,263 Write 5,613 Mixed 6,195 1,346% 6,024 MB/s	4K Read 533 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 246 1,220% 321 MB/s	DQ Read 1,165 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 594 498% 742 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 165GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 40 31 31 32 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,918 Write 5 SusWrite 30.3 703% 984 MB/s	4K Read 403 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 16,828% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 741GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 93 94 94 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 63.8 Write 75 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 92.2 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 161% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.M8FD 859B0000802C CT8G4DFS8266.M8FD Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2667, 2667, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 72%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,117x
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	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	347x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	524x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16