Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 09:05
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$187 185,630 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 (95^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 187 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 470 47% 384 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Device(7377 0000) 2GB; Colorful I-Game CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2089 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 975 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 219 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262158 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2034	59.9% Above average	Read 516 Write 355 Mixed 353 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 8.45 57% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 33.3 DQ Mixed 48.1 31% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 731GB free Firmware: MEAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 123 47281668663 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 157 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 163209936928 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.9% Average	Read 87.5 Write 83.1 Mixed 82.8 64% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 66%
WL600GLSA3210000 600GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 134GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 233 232 3325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 272 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 228 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.9% Good	Read 115 Write 100 Mixed 112 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.49 137% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 78%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 6GB free Firmware: MEAOA580 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 47281209905 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 183 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 150325035038 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.1% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 55.6 Mixed 54.8 44% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2GB free Firmware: MEAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 47281144366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 236 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 150325100575 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35.8% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 59.7 Mixed 80.6 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 66%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 32.5 Write 25.4 Mixed 28.4 36% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 3.84 4K Mixed 0.57 154% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 86%
Maxtor 3200 500GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 466GB free, PID 3200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 30 Write 24.8 Mixed 26.2 34% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.39 64% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%
WD easystore 25FB 4TB 3,961 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 319GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 24.9 Mixed 27.7 35% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 12GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 52%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,314x
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	108x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
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: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16