Dell XPS 8920

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	165% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8920 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0VHXCD
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170712
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 15:52
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 229 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 630 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,345 Write 618 Mixed 763 200% 909 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 50.3 180% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 464 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 165 191% 330 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 920GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 47373935 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 93 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12228078 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (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 59 56 739901481 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 199 (C2) HDA temperature 41 18 77309411369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 47373935 (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 110655537416944 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7454896978 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4689865711	88.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 146 Mixed 132 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 860GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 209174592 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 941313 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (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 756809767 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4724 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 39 (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 -139994459012281 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3751424850 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10280459979	86.6% Excellent	Read 131 Write 169 Mixed 110 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.53 187% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 532GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208073480 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12390614 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 740098086 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67008 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 73014444070 (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 -2920577756572 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25165111180 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23363657421	63.2% Good	Read 102 Write 119 Mixed 172 100% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 32GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 23 Write 9.7 Mixed 13.1 17% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.73 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 1.34 123% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 80%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Dell XPS 8920

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,189x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	240x
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	258x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	203x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	196x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	249x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	33x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	272x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	108x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 74%, 1,002 samples	74x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16