Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YJPT1
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 22:05
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 506 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 093D) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.28% Terrible	Lighting 9.3 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 10.8 8% 9.52 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 11.9 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.28% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14113 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 393 (B1) Unknown 79 79 431 (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 68 44 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 206 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20157578863
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 502GB free Firmware: MS2OA600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 327691 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 85 (03) Spinup time 114 114 17193107657 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1409 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 219044380703 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 41 41 1240 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 139 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B5773DH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 12GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 59%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,662x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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