Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '16 at 07:01
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Memory 68 1-Core 62.2 2-Core 121 50% 83.7 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 306 30% 244 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.5% Below average	Lighting 52.6 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 25.9 43% 37 fps	MRender 50.7 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 34.7 33% 41.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25426 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5844 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 529 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10149074765116 (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 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	55.5% Above average	Read 480 Write 190 Mixed 275 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 5.86 78% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 4.58 22% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 72%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94907645 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7911 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 196844755 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 28025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 6416 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 146031116324 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 823656493 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 9602 (C2) HDA temperature 45 50 47244640301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 24 94907645 (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 -80676665642589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3122397264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1543357507	62.7% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.48 96% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GB 1,553 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.4 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 54%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,305x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $336

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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