Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.1% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 23:22
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 602 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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: 391.25 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 10.1 11% 12.4 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 14.3 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA1000CM10002 1TB 3,599 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 306 225 210 323 316 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 418 Write 242 Mixed 372 SusWrite 284 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 28.6 103% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 207 182% 272 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 196 195 197 195 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 156 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 193 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Imation Nano Pro 32GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 25GB free, PID 063d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 5.3 5.8 5.7 6.5 5.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 10.9 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 6.3 18% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.2 85% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,685x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,733x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

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