Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 63.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 00:06
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-3770-$309 56,717 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.7% Good	SC Int 97.3 SC Float 98.8 SC Mixed 97.1 78% 97.7 Pts	QC Int 293 QC Float 311 QC Mixed 302 68% 302 Pts	MC Int 439 MC Float 446 MC Mixed 445 66% 443 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$230 82,904 User benchmarks, average bench 66% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Lighting 212 Reflection 186 Parallax 198 64% 199 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 202 Splatting 166 73% 171 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 6,446 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 66GB free Firmware: 04MH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (4^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 5278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 4989 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (B5) Unknown 100 100 128811711997137 (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 87 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1751 (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 190 190 166 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	43.7% Average	Read 475 Write 234 Mixed 330 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 6.19 4K Mixed 4.76 36% 9.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 192,828 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 218GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39136992 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10876 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 38749637402 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 73586638881 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101948 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 -140737488355295 (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 6103148552946 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37384512659 (F2) Unknown 100 253 107682953764	82.5% Excellent	Read 134 Write 154 Mixed 154 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 107%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 30GB free, PID 8468 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 17.2 Mixed 15.6 22% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.14 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.008 12% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI Kingston 9905403-518.A00LF 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI Kingston 9905403-518.A00LF 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.8% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 39%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $309Bench 71%, 56,717 samples	2,028x
Core i5-3350PIntel $150Bench 60%, 6,277 samples	245x
Core i5-3450Intel $190Bench 65%, 9,376 samples	193x

GPU
Radeon HD 7570AMDBench 6%, 2,741 samples	329x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 9%, 10,173 samples	215x
HD 7770AMDBench 17%, 15,220 samples	212x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	136x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 62%, 2,085 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	100x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 54%, 3,439 samples	219x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 61%, 1,216 samples	157x
M378B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,070 samples	112x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $399

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $18