Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	295% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161202
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 03:12
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 704 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% 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 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 125 111% 136 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 799GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,714 Write 1,669 Mixed 1,916 465% 2,100 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 65.9 222% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 158 169% 290 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 331%
OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 60GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 51GB free Firmware: 504ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2651238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 19035295066682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 337 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 105 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 38 12887392286 (C2) HDA temperature 30 38 12887392286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2651238 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2651238 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2651238 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 72 (EA) Unknown 0 0 80 (F1) Unknown 0 0 80 (F2) Unknown 0 0 78	49% Average	Read 202 Write 87.7 Mixed 124 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 12.8 107% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 30.3 45% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 47%
WD WD30E12X-00MDLA0 3TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 214 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4197 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4043 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 200 200 36550317784 (F2) Unknown 200 200 60426815112	65.8% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 108 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.M16FB 2x16GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,113x
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	346x
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	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

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 $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