Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11% 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	335% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 20:18
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 229 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 619 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.7 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 10.1 11% 12.3 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 14.3 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1741 1785 1877 1900 1892 1881 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2,458 Write 1,901 Mixed 1,219 SusWrite 1846 415% 1,856 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 78.1 270% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 884 666% 893 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 393%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 158GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 75 Write 73 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 79.5 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 86%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 78 78 81 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 71.5 Write 73 Mixed 30 SusWrite 78.9 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 932GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 166 169 166 167 168 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 110 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 166 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 38 38 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 37.4 45% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.5 165% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 18%
WD Elements 107C 3TB 3,265 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3TB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 124 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 144 Write 143 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 123 161% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 4,057 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	463x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	236x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	65x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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