Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 04:34
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 582 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1550 MHz, MLim: 1778 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 71.3 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 64.6 58% 69.5 fps	Gravity 65.7 Splatting 61.4 56% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-256L9M-11 MSATA 256GB 2,178 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: HM8110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2942 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 114473 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1280 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 594676 (F2) Unknown 100 100 778953	78.7% Very good	Read 474 Write 419 Mixed 440 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 16.4 91% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 15.4 57% 117 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150161368 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 171400030 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2814 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 656146471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 605 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 60470 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 68719476775 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 3006477113637 (F1) Unknown 100 253 147830628223 (F2) Unknown 100 253 87778522997	101% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 159 Mixed 143 123% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 5,493 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 60%

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,697x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,741x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	573x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	362x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	322x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	351x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16