Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0NW73C
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130828
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateJun 28 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Memory 88.2
1-Core 104
2-Core 203
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 514
57% 451 Pts
64-Core 515
32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126
CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
14.9% Very poor
Lighting 0.03
Reflection 65
Parallax 71.6
0% 45.5 fps
MRender 61.6
Gravity 47.9
Splatting 52.1
44% 53.8 fps
Poor: 32%
This bench: 14.9%
Great: 47%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 49 47 47 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
37.9% Below average
Read 84
Write 82
Mixed 52.2
SusWrite 47.6
49% 66.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 37.9%
Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
111GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 136 137 126 124 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Read 149
Write 123
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 132
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 16.8
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 18.9
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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