Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 06:30
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 94 2-Core 190 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 676 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18281 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (A8) Unknown 100 100 558 (AA) Unknown 100 100 721 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14221600 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 279 (C2) HDA temperature 69 54 197569806367 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 391 (DA) Unknown 100 100 391 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (E9) Unknown 100 100 50889 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26336 (F2) Unknown 100 100 43126 (F4) Unknown 100 100 217 (F5) Unknown 100 100 288 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14918912	60.5% Good	Read 517 Write 31.9 Mixed 512 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 13.6 95% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 14.2 72% 165 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 548GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 531GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464877 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (C0) Power-off retract count 74 74 32165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 32165 (C2) HDA temperature 161 161 193274839074 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 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 99 99 10072 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29129270946 (F2) Unknown 100 100 152441423944	75.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 127 Mixed 111 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.18 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 982GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 77.7 Write 82.1 Mixed 59 93% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.08 10% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 04CD000080AD F4-2133C15-8GRR 04CD000080AD F4-2133C15-8GRR 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 74%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,116x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	347x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	523x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16