Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75% 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	150% 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	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 (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201222
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '23 at 19:03
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 202 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 498 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.6 75% 97.3 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 92.5 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 440 424 428 429 426 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 666 Write 568 Mixed 594 SusWrite 438 127% 566 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 64.6 214% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 816 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 609 470% 649 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 340%
Dell USB Portable HDD 500GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 339GB free Firmware: 0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 40 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 37.6 Write 38.6 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 39.9 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 186 179 182 185 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 184 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 182 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 81%

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

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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	2,138x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	466x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	518x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	349x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	239x

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	525x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	227x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	160x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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