Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.18% 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	83.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	6.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 13:26
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 168 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 453 44% 364 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0012) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 7.22 7% 8.47 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 9.17 7% 8.18 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$130 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 376 377 348 414 353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 458 Write 426 Mixed 388 SusWrite 372 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 35 110% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 190 142% 188 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$130 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 384 398 367 414 352 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 420 Mixed 385 SusWrite 381 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 39.2 123% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 143 132% 205 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 12GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,315x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	179x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $326

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16