Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.08% 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	189% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	55 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '22 at 20:03
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$250 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 76.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 91% 170 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 1,124 95% 819 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.08% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 9.1 6% 19.7 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 12.2 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 574GB free (System drive) Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 133 321 85 145 88 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,545 Write 1,546 Mixed 1,063 SusWrite 158 240% 1,078 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 78.5 270% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 463 430% 655 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 39 39 39 39 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 17 18 21 18 23 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 90%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 37.1 Write 34.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 38.8 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.5 165% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 0202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 114 114 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 98.4 Write 106 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 113 120% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 30.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 140%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,984x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,521x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	922x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	645x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	564x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $60Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	264x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	159x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	361x

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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 $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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