Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	16.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '20 at 15:08
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 195 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 604 56% 469 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6391) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 188 Parallax 173 127% 172 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 171 Splatting 126 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.28% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 9.81 Parallax 6.28 5% 7.57 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 5.77 Splatting 13.8 8% 9.15 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SA530 M.2 2280 SATA 1024GB 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40101012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 355 286 393 357 330 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.6% Excellent	Read 344 Write 396 Mixed 359 SusWrite 340 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 33.7 116% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 236 199% 291 MB/s

Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 37 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 33.2 Write 34 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 37.5 26% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.4 288% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 89 90 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 86.7 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 89.3 51% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.6 242% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 94%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 405GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 122 123 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 184 Write 177 Mixed 24 SusWrite 122 91% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 53 54 55 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 85 Mixed 92 SusWrite 54.5 57% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 235% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 9GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 154 158 160 70 69 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 111 Write 134 Mixed 94 SusWrite 125 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 383% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 94%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 272GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 85 85 86 85 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 82 SusWrite 85.4 131% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 109% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 59%
FLASH Drive SM_USB20 8GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 17 16 15 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 11.2 Mixed 8 SusWrite 16.4 20% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 46% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 9%
BUFFALO HD-GDU3 2TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 847GB free, PID 0235 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 37.2 Write 38.7 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 37.8 52% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 1.6 698% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 19.3 DQ Mixed 2.1 778% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 219%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 8.4 7.2 8.3 8.3 8.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.22% Terrible	Read 17 Write 9.2 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 8 12% 9.93 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.22% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 115%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,115x
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 $273	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 $179	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