Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.4% 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	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YJPT1
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 02:08
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 169 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 511 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 2304) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 22.6 13% 18.4 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.3 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM12D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15874 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4935 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 263 (B2) Unknown 91 91 272 (B3) Unknown 92 92 516 (B4) Unknown 92 92 6012 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 9 (E8) Unknown 91 91 2992 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31102814528 (F2) Unknown 99 99 19577338724	65.7% Good	Read 478 Write 235 Mixed 331 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 20.7 81% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 55.2 70% 131 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227676120 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2736762 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4897 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 791221 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1404454295195 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7924087675366 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16762553479504	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 180 Mixed 112 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.36 107% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
USB Flash Disk 2GB 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Read 26.4 Write 8.79 Mixed 10.8 16% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 21% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GB 1,608 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 91%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,662x
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	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
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 $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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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