Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	181% 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.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 14:04
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$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 (19^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 77.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 715 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 1,009 62% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.66 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 102 Parallax 81.2 77% 92.8 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 96.3 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 2,530 Write 535 Mixed 451 251% 1,172 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 27.7 122% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 95.5 113% 196 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 66 82768876 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 310 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7004480 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 102967545954417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 175 (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 81 62 319881235 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1502 (C2) HDA temperature 19 40 25769803795 (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 -110415019245481 (F1) Unknown 100 253 944901645 (F2) Unknown 100 253 651993007	83.7% Excellent	Read 139 Write 153 Mixed 135 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.3 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,982x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,516x
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	644x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	564x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	263x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
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 $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