Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201222
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '22 at 23:31
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 186 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 467 49% 394 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2112 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 86% 111 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 107 Splatting 110 87% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 6,626 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 37 134 146 157 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 547 Write 133 Mixed 587 SusWrite 107 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 47.8 157% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 294 236% 332 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 228%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 501GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 11 19 20 22 23 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 432 Write 401 Mixed 321 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 34.3 125% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 229 194% 283 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3TB free Firmware: RT18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 72 96 101 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 50.2 Write 97.7 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 95.1 48% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 0.6 250% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 28 19 20 21 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 79%

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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	2,119x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $23	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