Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics77.5% 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 Drive60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0NW73C
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130828
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateApr 11 '21 at 07:38
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing below expectations (30th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
68.3% Good
Memory 80.1
1-Core 99.8
2-Core 183
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 306
8-Core 466
48% 386 Pts
64-Core 494
31% 494 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.5% Very good
Lighting 97.8
Reflection 100
Parallax 160
80% 119 fps
MRender 85.1
Gravity 118
Splatting 72.1
73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SSD 128GB
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 92 96 88 97 66 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
60.9% Good
Read 411
Write 234
Mixed 180
SusWrite 94
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 12.3
4K Write 55.2
4K Mixed 27.5
83% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 191
168% 249 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 85%
SSD 1TB
941GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 233 233 234 230 231 MB/s
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
60.4% Good
Read 249
Write 230
Mixed 213
SusWrite 230
52% 231 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 46.8
4K Mixed 26.2
90% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 181
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 154
125% 176 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 60.4%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
47% Average
MC Read 17.2
MC Write 16.5
MC Mixed 14.6
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 14.3
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 80.4
50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 37%
This bench: 47%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,098 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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