Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 04:31
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 206 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 500 56% 437 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1726 MHz, MLim: 2031 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.9% Poor	Lighting 1.5 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 76.7 1% 55.7 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 69.4 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 128G 128GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 6GB free Firmware: S1211A0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 394 Mixed 368 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 18.5 98% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 82.7 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 26.7 72% 146 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 8.1 30 30 25 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 12.8 Write 36.4 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 23.2 17% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB M378B5273CH0-CK0 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,101 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,667x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	155x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16