Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.84% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 03:28
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 150 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 474 45% 372 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7570 12,360 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 2B22) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.84% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 5.84 6% 6.89 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 7.39 6% 6.59 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.84% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDBAK128MAG-1G1 128GB 1,036 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2057 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 224 (AD) Unknown 87 87 685 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4097415840437 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 232 (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 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	42.3% Average	Read 266 Write 108 Mixed 157 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 4.7 66% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 16.5 50% 109 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 50%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 32GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1041 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1050 (C2) HDA temperature 105 98 38 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1788 (F1) Unknown 200 200 6483361628 (F2) Unknown 200 200 12167196990	39.7% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 67.7 Mixed 71.3 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.22 41% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GB 17,809 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%

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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 10%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,662x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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