Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 06:57
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$170 282,363 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 (96^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 648 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 91.8 83% 101 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 100 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1SB102 240GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3234166342453 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 49 219043332135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1172528496913 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 627 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7827 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1545 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1720 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.2% Average	Read 484 Write 227 Mixed 318 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 4.14 47% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 2.97 7% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 102%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 96GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -56178171319303 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1076 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1034 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 117 117 166804672 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1034 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 312911 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 33 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 312911 (F2) Unknown 100 100 156510 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8615	73.8% Very good	Read 500 Write 164 Mixed 227 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 16.7 122% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 14.8 60% 137 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 514GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 192508107 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2605208 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (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 71 64 538509341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 309 (C2) HDA temperature 29 16 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 192508107 (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 -64806761525484 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1331851587 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1490033039	88.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 146 Mixed 143 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.29 99% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 01BA 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 01BA 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 76%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,144x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	469x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	518x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	349x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	240x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	72x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	526x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	227x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	160x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $367

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397