Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	211% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181102
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 10:49
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 735 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 66 61% 72.3 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 72 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 729 441 438 439 438 436 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,175 Write 1,043 Mixed 541 SusWrite 487 181% 812 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 66.4 253% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,200 DQ Write 1,356 DQ Mixed 878 772% 1,145 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 308GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 476 472 481 482 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 444 Mixed 385 SusWrite 477 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.8 202% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 447GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 469 460 471 433 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 490 Mixed 410 SusWrite 432 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58.7 198% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 985GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 77 81 83 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.5 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 80.6 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 179 176 178 181 179 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 138 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 177 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 179 182 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 122 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 180 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 103%
Generic MassStorageClass 64GB 691 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 42GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 85 86 86 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 88.2 Write 80.4 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 85.2 112% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.7 234% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 42%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 124 125 126 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 179 Write 151 Mixed 82 SusWrite 125 174% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 0000CE02 M378A1K43CB2-CTD 00009B0010E4 BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 00009B0010E4 BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FBR 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 27.8 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 91%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

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