Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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.
Memory	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	5.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 178 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 422 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 203 Parallax 207 128% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 184 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 960GB-$80 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 252GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 338 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 123 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1184 (94) Unknown 100 100 59078 (95) Unknown 100 100 473 (96) Unknown 100 100 328 (97) Unknown 100 100 444 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20428 (A5) Unknown 100 100 29 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37538586951708 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 129515 (F2) Unknown 100 100 145815 (F5) Unknown 100 100 241305 (F6) Unknown 100 100 236312 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	64.3% Good	Read 488 Write 250 Mixed 273 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 20.4 76% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 42.6 58% 108 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 678 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30234847767
Poor: 80% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4H1 3x4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 14 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 45%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,308x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	179x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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