Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28% 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	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 15:38
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 504 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1701.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 42.7 29% 36.6 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 37.5 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9617 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1707 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 467 (B2) Unknown 90 90 298 (B3) Unknown 91 91 584 (B4) Unknown 91 91 5944 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 90 90 2966 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48981700447 (F2) Unknown 99 99 115134442394	61.9% Good	Read 469 Write 221 Mixed 306 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 20.3 73% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 79.5 DQ Mixed 54.2 68% 125 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 80%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 5TB 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8253 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1564 (0A) Spinup retry count 112 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 610 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159806505 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1563 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 563 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	92.9% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 162 Mixed 154 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.34 134% 1.26 MB/s

WD WD5000AAKS-00TMA0 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 178GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 8016 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1101 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 624 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37872 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (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	36.2% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 62.4 Mixed 85.9 54% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 91%

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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	1,666x
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	155x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
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 $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 $40	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