Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive111% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KWVT8
Memory28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150709
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 23 '17 at 22:39
Run Duration163 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Memory 86.9
1-Core 112
2-Core 190
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 324
8-Core 567
54% 445 Pts
64-Core 566
35% 566 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 149
Parallax 128
115% 140 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 139
Splatting 111
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 1TB
659GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
111% Outstanding
Read 517
Write 499
Mixed 490
112% 502 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 88.4
4K Mixed 48.2
160% 56.8 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 134
123% 193 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 111%
Great: 112%
Samsung PM871 mSATA 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: EMT42D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 288
Mixed 360
85% 384 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 79.4
4K Mixed 37.6
140% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 105
142% 261 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Read 172
Write 138
Mixed 139
112% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.78
4K Write 1.68
4K Mixed 0.22
88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 108%
WD My Book 1140 2TB
783GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
36.2% Below average
Read 102
Write 80.6
Mixed 68.9
102% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 1.22
4K Mixed 0.13
49% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 36.2%
Great: 49%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
55.4% Above average
MC Read 20.7
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 16.3
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 19
SC Mixed 16
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8700 Builds (Compare 5,057 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8700

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $275
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