Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201222
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 01:36
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 186 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 612 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 510 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	6.25% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 45.4 Parallax 8.2 6% 20.1 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 11.2 8% 9.27 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.25% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: F88110A SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 164 189 192 172 182 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 397 Write 282 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 191 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 33.4 119% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 184 165% 248 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 127 126 126 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 86.2 Mixed 10.4 SusWrite 125 54% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 124 127 126 128 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 112 Write 99.3 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 124 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 172% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical XPS 8900 Builds (Compare 2,776 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,116x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	347x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	523x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16