Dell XPS 8920

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.07% 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.
Boot Drive	144% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8920 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0VHXCD
Memory	47.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 02:13
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 233 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 687 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 07DC) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.97 6% 8.75 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB 3,798 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,525 Write 413 Mixed 639 187% 859 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 17.1 133% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 477 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 22.7 132% 302 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 137%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 125 Write 89.4 Mixed 51.8 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 3.91 4K Mixed 0.34 129% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 624GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56581832 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13990196 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (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 66 59 655949858 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53382 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 90194313250 (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 11081015626362 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4149277406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30160759905	82.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 139 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 114%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 32.3 Write 79.8 Mixed 63.4 84% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 99GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 35.5 Mixed 33.5 46% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KYXC0V-MIB 4x16GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 83%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Dell XPS 8920

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,185x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	239x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	255x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	203x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	196x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	33x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	272x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	108x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 74%, 1,002 samples	72x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16