Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2715 x 1527 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 15:59
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 192 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 579 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 92.3 93% 108 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 124 Splatting 100 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 466GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 775 Write 521 Mixed 582 139% 626 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 43.9 180% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 105 114% 193 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 254%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 231GB free Firmware: 0204 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 417 Write 405 Mixed 414 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 23.1 77% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 69.6 74% 122 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 223%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6100 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 146 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 49 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 93 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18347324324	100% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 392 Mixed 410 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 42.3 152% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 91.4 98% 166 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 130GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12292 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 199 (B1) Unknown 97 97 162 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 18 (EB) Unknown 99 99 164 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63999781543	110% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 468 Mixed 485 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 47.5 164% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 113 116% 190 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$54 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 49 96425588 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4818752848 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 94 4295033375 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 247 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44393 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 99 96425588 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 7651	72.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 127 Mixed 122 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.45 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16143728 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 73 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2773091 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 8590065681 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 572456994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6594 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 90194313250 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -66507568576000 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3768820128 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36208719987	82.9% Excellent	Read 121 Write 167 Mixed 129 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.69 206% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 905GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 71 169724248 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 99 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 733749 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (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 65 53 589234211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 200 (C2) HDA temperature 35 12 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 3 169724248 (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 72314364365436 (F1) Unknown 100 253 209939278 (F2) Unknown 100 253 223130262	101% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 167 Mixed 138 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
ASMT 2115 500GB 2,879 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 108 140% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 166%
Sony Hard Drive 256GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 141% 222GB free, PID 05bf Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 235 Write 237 Mixed 183 277% 218 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 11 1,307% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 38.1 DQ Mixed 12.6 1,801% 23.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 168%
ASMT 2115 256GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 152GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 174 Mixed 185 238% 188 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 6.88 1,141% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 36.3 DQ Mixed 7.8 1,554% 19.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 148%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 19.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 88%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,135x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	466x
Core i5-6400Intel $67Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	517x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	349x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	239x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	525x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	227x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	160x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $28	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