Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	138% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190523
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '21 at 21:41
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 239 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 654 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.42% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 4.1 Parallax 4.4 3% 4.2 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5 4% 4.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.42% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix PC401 HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GB 5,344 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 308 308 308 309 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 624 Write 543 Mixed 614 SusWrite 314 118% 524 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.6 218% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 569 DQ Mixed 370 337% 513 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 163%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 626GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 428 431 432 433 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 422 Mixed 387 SusWrite 430 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 54 182% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 227 188% 270 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 46%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 169 169 169 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 162 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 169 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43EB1-CPB 2x8GB 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 11: 1R 2G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
11%	5%	56	1	1	60	23.8"	1920 1080	HPN3621 HP P244

History: Score 25: 4R 1G 2B | Score 32: 4R 4G 0B | Score 11: 1R 2G 0B

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Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,121x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $78Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	509x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
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 $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16