Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.9% 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	104% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	19 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 12:58
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 600 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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 CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.9 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 9.81 11% 12.3 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 14.1 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6150 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 529 (B1) Unknown 97 97 63 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22234085267	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 46.4 169% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 99.2 84% 128 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 65 59153634 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 294 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3621515 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1309965025740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 824 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 85899345948 (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 118420838285350 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4770175826 (F2) Unknown 100 253 691572767	67.6% Good	Read 105 Write 131 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 105%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4829 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4797 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.3% Average	Read 77.4 Write 73.4 Mixed 71.7 56% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.13 64% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT425U6AFR6C-PB HMT451U6BFR8C-PB HMT425U6AFR6C-PB HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 12GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 59%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,683x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,733x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 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	146x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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