Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.3% 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	166% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 13:56
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 864 86% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,086 67% 1,086 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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: 391.1 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 86.8 79% 96.6 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 89 Splatting 92.8 75% 91 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.52% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 8.75 6% 9.39 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.3 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.52% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 2,352 Write 272 Mixed 505 222% 1,043 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.2 141% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 89.6 116% 208 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 166% 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 above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 65 8543166 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1854747 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5725191405721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (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 66 61 571605026 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1555 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 38654705698 (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 12872016986199 (F1) Unknown 100 253 472560313 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62193761	95.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 161 Mixed 170 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 105%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 174 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 397 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2357 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 148 Mixed 132 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.26 108% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 91.6 Write 65.6 Mixed 67.1 91% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 411GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 27.3 Mixed 8.81 27% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.17 18% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 19.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 87%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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