Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 19:31
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 183 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 458 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2868 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3204165797633 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 54 197568495655 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2564102292053 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 788 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8285 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2448 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4042 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42.4% Average	Read 493 Write 37.3 Mixed 193 52% 241 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 0.04 52% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 6.72 43% 98.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 275GB free Firmware: CC49 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 111 99 34940824 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 205523179 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1730 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 5 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 454230043 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50200 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 51539607579 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 106132936860610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37463593726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48909324909	57.4% Above average	Read 107 Write 92.8 Mixed 111 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.24 51% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 116GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 192 437686 (03) Spinup time 162 159 6883 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10937 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3684 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10937 (C2) HDA temperature 124 98 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 1463 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 192 191 1462 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37 (C8) Write error rate 161 127 5326	45.2% Average	Read 88.9 Write 68.7 Mixed 57.1 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273EB0-CK0 2x4GB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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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 $279	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 $184	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