Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	149% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 20:38
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 430 53% 406 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 38.1 36% 41.7 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 39 Splatting 34.6 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 745 Write 617 Mixed 764 158% 709 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.2 202% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 202 215% 360 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 262%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 66GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1464 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1405 (B1) Unknown 98 98 70 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1228 (EB) Unknown 99 99 362 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9261709062	93.5% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 333 Mixed 356 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 27.6 132% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 83.1 122% 230 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 116%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 968 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2579 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.6% Very good	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 119 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 21257184 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3354740 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (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 71 62 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2690 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (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 88089779241092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1870515159 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10895921944	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 182 Mixed 174 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 84GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6850 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5911 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3839 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5911 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.9% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 61.8 Mixed 62.2 49% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 51%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 292GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 99.2 Write 93.4 Mixed 66.2 107% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 4,057 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

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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	2,113x
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	346x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
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 $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