Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	158% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '22 at 01:46
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 262 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 738 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 82% 110 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 105 Splatting 109 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 598 593 599 324 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 664 Write 553 Mixed 504 SusWrite 488 124% 552 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.5 219% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 829 DQ Write 659 DQ Mixed 958 659% 815 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 93GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1488 1485 1482 1527 1362 401 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,836 Write 1,527 Mixed 868 SusWrite 1,291 309% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 69.3 240% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,312 DQ Write 1,128 DQ Mixed 1,154 883% 1,198 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 353%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 881 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 317GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 954 929 930 921 898 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,195 Write 1,148 Mixed 922 SusWrite 950 237% 1,054 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.4 201% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 834 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 806 599% 794 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 400%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 120%

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

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,119x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	509x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	524x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16