Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	210% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 10:50
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 1,064 96% 808 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.37 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 96 Parallax 108 92% 106 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 106 Splatting 85.6 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 512GB 5,553 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001070 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 860 1195 1191 1193 1067 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,475 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,074 SusWrite 1,065 270% 1,205 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 49.1 168% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 821 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 853 614% 791 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 215%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 245GB free Firmware: 1002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 151 146 146 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 161 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 145 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 334GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 128 129 130 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 50 Write 75 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 128 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 51% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 134GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 100 97 95 97 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 77.4 Write 87.1 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 97.3 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.2% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 19 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

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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	7	6	60	24.1"	1280 720	LEN1144 LEN LT2452pwC

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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 $133	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