Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, 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	302% 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 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 14:46
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 630 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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 (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 137 111% 140 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 130 Splatting 103 92% 113 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)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,873 Write 1,744 Mixed 1,999 488% 2,205 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 65.1 207% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 158 168% 287 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 302% 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 above expectations (77^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 19153 (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 124 105 26 (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 37417724119 (F2) Unknown 200 200 61763677338	81.3% Excellent	Read 137 Write 146 Mixed 143 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.3% 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	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 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 $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,122x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	465x
Core i5-6400Intel $76Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	510x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16