Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	232% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	60.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 05:24
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 84.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 917 90% 735 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 100%

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: 388.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 142 Parallax 130 108% 135 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 9,737 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 872GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,627 Write 913 Mixed 1,416 361% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 44 164% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 116 184% 354 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 251%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 32680968 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 12396 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (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 67 61 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 77309411361 (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 -93449898426365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8595602 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21695052	99.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 164 Mixed 170 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 89.3% 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	3,001x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,531x
Core i5-8400Intel $120Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	328x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	929x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	698x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	647x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	567x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	265x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	160x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	474x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	361x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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