Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.65% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	244% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0H0P0M
Memory	49.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220321
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '22 at 05:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$460 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 81.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 1,014 95% 788 Pts	64-Core 1,333 82% 1,333 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 74.4 Parallax 8.4 6% 30 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7 Splatting 11.5 8% 9.8 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 257% 600GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1342 1259 1185 1170 1132 704 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 2,118 Mixed 1,591 SusWrite 1,132 393% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 60.3 195% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 653 DQ Write 586 DQ Mixed 594 453% 611 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 330%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2K43CB1-CTD 4x16GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 25.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $276Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,748x
Core i7-9700Intel $230Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,352x
Core i7-8700KIntel $264Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	860x
GTX 1070Nvidia $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	644x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	598x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	518x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $45Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	243x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	150x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	437x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	430x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	327x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $409

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $149	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $195	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $280	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16