Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	326% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	15.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '21 at 21:41
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 598 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6283) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 141 Parallax 128 104% 132 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 131 Splatting 118 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$102 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1641 1684 1701 1721 1774 1757 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,241 Write 2,039 Mixed 2,144 SusWrite 1,713 458% 2,034 MB/s	4K Read 68.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 89.2 290% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,034 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 932 694% 925 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 488%
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 256GB 2,092 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 27GB free Firmware: EXT25D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 234 231 230 205 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 466 Write 187 Mixed 169 SusWrite 221 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 28.2 133% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 73.1 112% 215 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 568GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 169 166 169 170 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 121 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 168 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 114%
WD WD100EMAZ-00WJTA0 10TB 2,620 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 153 Mixed 91 93% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1.2 298% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
WD easystore 25FB 6TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 174 172 174 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 62.5 Write 55.7 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 172 128% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 76%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 133 132 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 81.7 Write 80.9 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 132 128% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A1G43DB0-CPB Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 24GB 232 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 78%

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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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Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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