Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive111% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8900  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0XJ8C4
Memory26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190110
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMay 24 '20 at 03:35
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 80.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 230
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 653
69% 551 Pts
64-Core 643
40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.3% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 133
Parallax 112
101% 123 fps
MRender 91.9
Gravity 117
Splatting 99
84% 102 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134
119GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 434 436 445 450 448 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 460
Write 448
Mixed 346
SusWrite 440
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 46.1
164% 61.6 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 242
205% 300 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 111%
Great: 113%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
107GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 599 447 299 298 298 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
151% Outstanding
Read 567
Write 489
Mixed 413
SusWrite 422
106% 473 MB/s
4K Read 53.6
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 57.5
234% 86.5 MB/s
DQ Read 811
DQ Write 630
DQ Mixed 690
524% 710 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 151%
Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
919GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 143 155 153 141 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Read 146
Write 102
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 147
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
71.1% Very good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 22.8
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 23.2
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 78.8
51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8900 Builds (Compare 2,770 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8900

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $370
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HDDRAMUSB
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