Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.4% 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	247% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	38.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '21 at 14:50
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 188 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 744 64% 546 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 95.6 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 85.5 78% 92.3 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 76.7 71% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981a NVMe Samsung 512GB 3,592 User benchmarks, average bench 220% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15302129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 775 778 767 759 754 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,478 Write 2,164 Mixed 1,716 SusWrite 790 399% 1,787 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 68.8 228% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 650 488% 651 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 298%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 235GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 97 98 91 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 82.5 Write 86.3 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 95 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 75%
HGST Deskstar NAS 5TB-$231 660 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 130 132 135 125 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 134 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 129 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 1003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 161 195 200 202 192 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 1a00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.1 4.6 5 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	4.18% Terrible	Read 11.7 Write 4.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5 8% 6.35 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.18% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6JJR8N-VK 4x16GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 29.4 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 93%

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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	9	7	60	23.8"	1280 720	DEL40E7 DELL U2417H

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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