Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.6% 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 Drive	144% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 14:44
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 231 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 872 82% 684 Pts	64-Core 940 58% 940 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 114 Parallax 118 94% 116 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 84 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981a NVMe Samsung 512GB 3,592 User benchmarks, average bench 220% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15302129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 271 295 281 263 272 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1697 Write 543 Mixed 427 SusWrite 284 161% 738 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 36.2 116% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 915 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 218 233% 411 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 298%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$130 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1TB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 322 415 406 380 430 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 440 Write 400 Mixed 332 SusWrite 371 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 27.5 86% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 165 139% 210 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 202 211 205 201 218 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.C8FN 0000AD02 HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 00009B CT8G4DFS8266.C8FN 0000AD02 HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 32GB 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.2 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 20.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,966x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,501x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	640x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	560x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

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) $35	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