Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	144% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180720
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '18 at 19:08
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 759 72% 596 Pts	64-Core 997 62% 997 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB; GeForce GTX 1080 CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 146 Parallax 123 108% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 328 277 282 273 235 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,305 Write 417 Mixed 403 SusWrite 292 132% 604 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.5 162% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 447 DQ Mixed 344 310% 476 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 192 193 193 194 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 145 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 191 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 190GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 55 54 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 56.8 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 55.2 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 51%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 980GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 88 89 87 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 57.9 Write 79.4 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 87.5 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 180% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.C8FD1 009C3616 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 009C3616 CT8G4DFS8266.C8FD1 009C3616 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 26.7 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 26.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,967x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,501x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	561x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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