Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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.
ProcessorWith 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.45% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KWVT8
Memory7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180205
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 22 '22 at 19:34
Run Duration185 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
75.5% Very good
Memory 86.3
1-Core 107
2-Core 213
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 541
55% 445 Pts
64-Core 510
32% 510 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7570
Dell(1028 2B22) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
5.45% Terrible
Lighting 7
Reflection 7.6
Parallax 5.8
6% 6.8 fps
MRender 7.1
Gravity 5.3
Splatting 5.9
5% 6.1 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.45%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
3.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 4.7 16 19 18 16 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
4.59% Terrible
Read 2.7
Write 26.1
Mixed 12.7
SusWrite 13.2
10% 13.7 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
18% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 4.59%
Great: 101%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB
290GB free
Firmware: CC4H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 37 37 40 35 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
15.2% Very poor
Read 15.9
Write 42.1
Mixed 29.3
SusWrite 36.9
23% 31.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
83% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 15.2%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 HMT325U6CFR8C-PB Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 12GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
56.1% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 16.3
56% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 17.8
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8700 Builds (Compare 5,079 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8700

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $246
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