Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.87% 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	119% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '21 at 16:09
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 71.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 729 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8854 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 7.2 5% 23.9 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 11.9 8% 8.97 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 2,219 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 195 192 187 181 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 957 Write 211 Mixed 291 SusWrite 187 90% 412 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 36.9 179% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 241 209% 319 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 191%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 140 149 148 156 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 131 Mixed 34 SusWrite 147 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Portable 1TB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 798GB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 102 103 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 54.3 Write 73.6 Mixed 86 SusWrite 101 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1 162% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 68%
FUJITSU HandyDrive300 250GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 118GB free, PID 113c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 33 38 37 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 28.4 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 36.2 40% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6J1 1x8GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 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
0%	0%	0	8	5	60	23"	1280 720	DELF024 DELL ST2320L

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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 $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 $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