Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	221% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	55.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 05:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 83.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 902 87% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,130 70% 1,130 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 109% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 9,737 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,390 Write 918 Mixed 1,344 340% 1,551 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 43.1 160% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 521 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 127 180% 338 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 251%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7TB free Firmware: RT17 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 119 99 204240720 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8633178930 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (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 51 44 103903920177 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 425 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1104 (C2) HDA temperature 49 56 77309411377 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 204240720 (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 109586090557714 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33997061620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 199318766816	33.7% Below average	Read 39.3 Write 78.2 Mixed 34.3 38% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.02 11% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 125 Write 78.6 Mixed 78.9 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 6.11 4K Mixed 0.52 184% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 31052712 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 66516 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (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 66 60 606142498 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 156 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 85899345954 (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 3040836845573 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3139678 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20669698	95.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 165 Mixed 163 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

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