Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190523
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '19 at 22:45
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 622 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 74.5 79% 85.9 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 78 62% 75.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 867GB free Firmware: RVQ0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 388 413 429 413 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 455 Mixed 350 SusWrite 411 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 35.8 140% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 40 36% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 55 59 58 101 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 13.5 Write 67.8 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 74.2 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 53% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 8,569 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 19.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 15%

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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	2,116x
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	347x
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	523x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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