Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	154% 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 (50%). 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 0DF42J
Memory	2.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '22 at 06:50
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 107 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 654 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.92% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 7.9 6% 7.67 fps	MRender 9.3 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.92% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1127 282 250 210 274 217 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,182 Write 1,331 Mixed 1,189 SusWrite 393 230% 1,024 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 47.4 159% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 870 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 705 538% 733 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 295%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 594GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 369 365 386 413 411 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 407 Write 387 Mixed 363 SusWrite 384 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 31.8 108% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 323 242% 325 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 19.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 85%

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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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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,979x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,513x
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	921x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	644x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	563x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	263x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	472x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	360x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

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 $175	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16