Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '16 at 17:55
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 523 57% 450 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.7 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 10.2 11% 12.4 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 14.5 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 mSATA 500GB-$79 522 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 38 266289348650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3332603567 (F7) Unknown 100 100 104309871 (F8) Unknown 100 100 28979900	97% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 382 Mixed 398 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 32.9 131% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 71.8 114% 220 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198074616 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13022560749 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 1198314225987 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 41 443003633700 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 521 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4807 (C2) HDA temperature 36 59 51539607588 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64274185586237 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25653482262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31612930483	76.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 127 Mixed 101 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 6.07 4K Mixed 0.64 214% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 10GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 135 Write 73.7 Mixed 93.6 119% 101 MB/s	4K Read 6.03 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 1.73 166% 3.41 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,690x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,737x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	572x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	361x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	322x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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