Dell XPS 18

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YN9W0
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 08:29
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3227U 7,282 User benchmarks, average bench 45% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Memory 45.1 1-Core 18.7 2-Core 30.4 23% 31.4 Pts	4-Core 44.8 8-Core 41.8 6% 43.3 Pts	64-Core 50.2 3% 50.2 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 05D1) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.06% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 0.9 Parallax 0.5 1% 0.9 fps	MRender 1.6 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.5 1% 1.27 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.06% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN-mSATAM3-256 256GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0707A SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 213 203 196 190 201 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 344 Write 211 Mixed 108 SusWrite 199 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 21.3 4K Mixed 8.1 38% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 56.4 50% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Not Specified Specified Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.7% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 180 22% 180 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 44%

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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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Typical XPS 18 Builds (Compare 45 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 18

CPU
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	18x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	14x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	13x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	45x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	2x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 480GBKingston $250Bench 52%, 15,510 samples	2x

RAM
Specified Specified 1x4GBNotBench 29%, 50 samples	6x
Specified Specified Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 8GBNotBench 48%, 15 samples	3x
Specified Specified Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 8GBNotBench 50%, 25 samples	3x

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Value: 25% - Poor

Total price: $94

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16