Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190523
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '21 at 21:21
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (91^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 601 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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: 456.71 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 12.6 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 10.4 10% 12.6 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 12.8 Splatting 13.6 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 10%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 8 6% 9.97 fps	MRender 9.6 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 11 8% 9.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 69 81 122 119 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 137 Write 154 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 95.7 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 112%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 1TB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 1GB free, PID 2120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 36.3 Write 23.9 Mixed 18.7 31% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 16%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 93GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 12 12 18 18 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 61.7 Write 23.6 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 15.4 36% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 44%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 640GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 45GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 35 39 38 39 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 36.4 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 37.9 45% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 2x8GB 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 81%

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

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Typical XPS 8900 Builds (Compare 2,770 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	463x
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	236x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	65x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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