Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0NW73C
Memory5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130523
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 11 '17 at 06:21
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 101
2-Core 190
73% 125 Pts
4-Core 317
8-Core 502
50% 410 Pts
64-Core 500
31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 3090 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 150
Reflection 203
Parallax 210
122% 187 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 190
Splatting 129
122% 151 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
644GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Read 156
Write 140
Mixed 120
104% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 0.75
4K Mixed 0.23
58% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
56.1% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 19.4
MC Mixed 17.4
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 18.3
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 72.1
56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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