Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210622
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '21 at 14:02
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 871 76% 646 Pts	64-Core 1,084 67% 1,084 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 110 Parallax 91.1 80% 99.6 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 92 74% 89.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 775 649 646 640 654 611 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,587 Write 1,607 Mixed 968 SusWrite 662 270% 1,206 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 83.6 274% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 898 670% 893 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 340%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 944GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 447 446 397 460 461 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 350 Write 20.4 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 443 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 20.5 95% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 25.5 DQ Mixed 287 187% 229 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 3239980710EA KHX2666C16/8G 0000CE03 M378A1K43CB2-CTD 3239980710EA KHX2666C16/8G 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 37: 5R 4G 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
37%	13%	67	286	201	60	27.5"	2560 1440	SAM0C4D U28E590

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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	2,967x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,503x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	561x
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	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
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 $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 $182	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) $30	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