Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.8% 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	75.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 22:51
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 91.1 2-Core 171 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 429 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB; Zotac Novideo GTX 1080-Ti AMP ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVE EDITION CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2549 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 137 Parallax 130 94% 127 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 115 Splatting 97.2 84% 103 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 210 170 135 139 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 457 Write 394 Mixed 296 SusWrite 174 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 31.8 105% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 203 181% 272 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 117%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 799GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 160 144 146 146 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 76.2 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 148 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 522GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 108 111 108 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 110 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 246GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 229GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 62 62 54 31 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 122 Write 61 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 49.9 94% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.7 136% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 14 14 13 14 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 128 Write 36.2 Mixed 34 SusWrite 14.5 55% 53 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.7 113% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 31%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 13 13 13 14 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 122 Write 29.2 Mixed 23 SusWrite 14.4 47% 47 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.6 105% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600EL Series 1600EL Series 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 51%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,307x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $333

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