Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.5% 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	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	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.

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System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 01:48
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 82.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 864 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,129 70% 1,129 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Sapphire(174B 1071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.8 83% 102 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 96.2 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: GA06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 68 94543712 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2122364 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (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 55 53 756613165 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 45 47 77309411373 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 25 94543712 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -80775449935864 (F1) Unknown 100 253 261083978 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110993360	88.8% Excellent	Read 166 Write 144 Mixed 134 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.34 74% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 105%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 994GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 33.3 Mixed 34.1 44% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 44%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 253GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 217GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.25% Terrible	Read 38.6 Write 7.66 Mixed 6.05 16% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.001 28% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.25% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 4x16GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 26.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 98%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,974x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,510x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	917x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
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	470x
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 $269	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 $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 $40	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