Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	36.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '23 at 05:10
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 259 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 754 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 972 60% 972 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2081 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 167 Parallax 102 92% 127 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 133 Splatting 118 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 111 Write 243 Mixed 102 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 3.9 42% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 93.2 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 98.8 80% 112 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 193%
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$120 24,278 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 795GB free Firmware: P4CR324 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1324 1379 1202 930 1034 1147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,986 Write 1573 Mixed 1,404 SusWrite 1,169 343% 1,533 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 48.6 157% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 845 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 635 483% 661 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 370%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 60GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 54 56 56 52 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 31.5 Write 102 Mixed 34.9 SusWrite 51.2 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: CC97 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 124 111 113 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 119 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 00009E0010D1 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 0000CE02 M378A1K43CB2-CTD 00009E0010D1 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 48GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 74%

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

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Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,973x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,510x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	917x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	263x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	469x
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 $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 $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