Dell XPS 8950

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 166% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	422% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

18 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8950 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R6PCT
Memory	14.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220915
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '22 at 14:55
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700K-$237 78,749 User benchmarks, average bench 114% U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 74.1 1-Core 198 2-Core 404 116% 226 Pts	4-Core 791 8-Core 1,450 134% 1,120 Pts	64-Core 2,318 144% 2,318 Pts
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Dell(1028 C976) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.86 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 178 Parallax 185 151% 183 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 138 Splatting 119 119% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2988 1901 1905 1961 1945 1899 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	422% Outstanding	Read 4,044 Write 4,573 Mixed 2,990 SusWrite 2,100 770% 3,427 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 80.3 256% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,224 DQ Write 1,134 DQ Mixed 1,166 878% 1,174 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 422% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 437GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 168 166 167 165 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 179 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 166 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMCG66MEBUA084N 3x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM 22h 4800 MHz clocked @ 4000 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	129% Outstanding	MC Read 51.3 MC Write 49.5 MC Mixed 46.6 140% 49.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 46.8 SC Mixed 27.8 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 113%

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

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Gaming 140%

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Desktop 110%

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Workstation 152%

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System: Dell XPS 8950

CPU
Core i7-12700Intel $229Bench 108%, 25,535 samples	1,760x
Core i9-12900KIntel $324Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	797x
Core i7-12700KIntel $237Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	767x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	1,212x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	506x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	488x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 512GBNvmeBench 278%, 3,082 samples	430x
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	342x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples	326x

RAM
HMCG78MEBUA081N 2x16GBUnknownBench 139%, 1,072 samples	443x
HMCG78MEBUA084N 2x16GBUnknownBench 141%, 577 samples	293x
CG78MEBUA081N 2x16GBUnknownBench 143%, 829 samples	256x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16