Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '17 at 10:24
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 191 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 463 53% 412 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1B0A 909D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.84% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.46 Parallax 2 2% 2.29 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.92 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.84% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th 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 100 100 342 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (64) Unknown 100 100 691632 (65) Unknown 100 100 794656 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 415 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 579 (B7) Unknown 97 97 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 163210199068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1287 (EA) Unknown 100 100 633 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1144 (F2) Unknown 100 100 915 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	50.3% Above average	Read 463 Write 174 Mixed 190 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 7.54 47% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 27.9 58% 123 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 414GB free Firmware: JC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164204036 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1934 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164927843 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 572129313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 94489280545 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 25 164204036 (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 -133474698644338 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2121114042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3613911842	69.3% Good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 104 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.54 125% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 1,090 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 53%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical XPS 8300 Builds (Compare 1,724 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,306x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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