Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.17% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	6.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130523
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 18:21
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 519 58% 457 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 093D) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.17% Terrible	Lighting 9.17 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 10.8 8% 9.47 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 11.8 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.17% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133007776 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 406768032 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 894 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 571539488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17249 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (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 -50981261788906 (F1) Unknown 100 253 129301547334548 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39628721031538	104% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 186 Mixed 179 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 14GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 19 Write 16.3 Mixed 17.5 22% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.99 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.63 148% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 12GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 57%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,662x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16