Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.96% 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	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 01:18
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 184 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 584 55% 459 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 1087) 1GB CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	5.96% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 7.58 Parallax 8.47 6% 7.84 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 7.48 6% 6.89 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.96% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th 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 7192 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214749544482 (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 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23111565953 (F7) Unknown 100 100 730478448 (F8) Unknown 100 100 266232594 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3601 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	65.5% Good	Read 475 Write 333 Mixed 335 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 11.6 75% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 51.1 DQ Mixed 11.5 32% 72.1 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 104%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 322GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 22GB free Firmware: 4.0 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 22 Mixed 29.8 21% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.28 131% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 34%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 176GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 40 Mixed 37.9 50% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 2x4GB 6,798 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,683x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,731x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	320x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	146x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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