Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	145% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 04:27
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 635 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 136 Parallax 115 106% 127 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 555 596 618 622 611 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 546 Write 462 Mixed 354 SusWrite 592 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 44.4 190% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 703 518% 682 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 160GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 425 452 470 473 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 418 Mixed 325 SusWrite 451 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.4 197% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 310 238% 323 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 121 120 122 121 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 115 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 120 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 163 159 161 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 117 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 161 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 779GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 187 186 187 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 167 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 185 110% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD0000802C F4-2400C15-8GVR Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 19.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	2,119x
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	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	524x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16