Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	308% 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	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.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '16 at 11:52
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 616 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 154 Parallax 129 115% 142 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 846GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,762 Write 1,671 Mixed 1,892 466% 2,109 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 70.4 235% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 564 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 243 252% 414 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 331%
OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 60GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 51GB free Firmware: 504ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2644895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 52578989642250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 38 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 25 38 55837065241 (C2) HDA temperature 25 38 55837065241 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2644895 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2644895 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2644895 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5	49.5% Average	Read 204 Write 88.4 Mixed 124 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 13.6 108% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 30.5 45% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 47%
WD WD30E12X-00MDLA0 3TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 216 215 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 548 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 583 (C2) HDA temperature 128 105 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 200 200 29638921896 (F2) Unknown 200 200 51250757717	80% Very good	Read 134 Write 145 Mixed 130 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 111%

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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	2,111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	463x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	236x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	65x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $369

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