Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.7% 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	258% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0H0P0M
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 15:39
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 82.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 805 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 103%

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: 462.31 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 97.4 Parallax 97.5 80% 97.6 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 75.3 71% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1179 903 784 800 803 802 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,113 Write 2,227 Mixed 1,554 SusWrite 878 380% 1,693 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 75.1 248% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 943 DQ Write 955 DQ Mixed 886 683% 928 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 267%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 157 150 160 161 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 98.1 Write 76.8 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 154 70% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 177% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 90%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 189 192 195 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 205 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 193 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 576GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 115 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 147 Mixed 74 SusWrite 115 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 0000CE03 M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 25.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

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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 $179	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