Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.4% 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	153% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 22:46
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 77.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 764 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.66 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 120 101% 127 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 121 Splatting 99 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 2,229 Write 237 Mixed 544 214% 1,003 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 22.4 127% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 21.9 82% 188 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24538616 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 548745 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 487 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -122372208197582 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1403877176 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1258927374	99.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 168 Mixed 168 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 25.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,985x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,521x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	922x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	645x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	564x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	264x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	159x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	468x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	361x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16