Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	300% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 13:59
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 704 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 137 110% 140 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,698 Write 1,718 Mixed 2,041 477% 2,153 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 69.1 226% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 158 171% 294 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 331%
WD WD30E12X-00MDLA0 3TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 214 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4911 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1403 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 827 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4083 (C2) HDA temperature 126 105 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 200 200 37412762291 (F2) Unknown 200 200 61755775477	76.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 144 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.19 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT16G4DFD8266.M16FH 859B0000802C CT16G4DFD8266.M16FH Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1 Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1 64GB 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.9 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 28.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns

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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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,131x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	466x
Core i5-6400Intel $69Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	515x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	349x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	238x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	524x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	225x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	160x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16