Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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	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	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 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	17 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '23 at 20:48
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 574 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 118 98% 123 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 124 Splatting 109 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 1213 1338 1395 1481 1401 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1849 Write 1,632 Mixed 1,309 SusWrite 1,328 343% 1,530 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 55.9 179% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 452 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 401 301% 403 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 435%
Samsung CM851 M.2 2242 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 30GB free Firmware: FXM21D2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 103 106 106 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 318 Write 104 Mixed 151 SusWrite 103 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 11.7 79% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 65.2 65% 108 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 55%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 164GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 356 378 393 391 393 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 395 Mixed 388 SusWrite 374 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 38.5 121% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 283 227% 318 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 169 169 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 169 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 169 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A5143EB1-CPB M378A5143EB1-CPB 24GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	100	34.1"	1280 720	DELA149 Dell AW3420DW

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,116x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	347x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	523x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

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