Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	10.8% 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	130% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 19:16
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 707 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

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: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 10.1 11% 12.3 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 14.3 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 470 484 486 483 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 443 Mixed 382 SusWrite 468 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.3 211% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 348 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 176GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 316 316 315 315 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 399 Mixed 365 SusWrite 325 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.4 219% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 343 263% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 65 165 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 30GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 13 12 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 33 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 14.2 34% 26 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 104% 2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43EB1-CPB M378A1G43EB1-CPB 859B0000802C CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 859B0000802C CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.7 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,115x
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 $178	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