Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	1.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131118
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 19:55
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 180 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 449 48% 382 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05B7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 6.85 Parallax 6.62 3% 5.78 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -100235945840103 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1049 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 852 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 852 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 424733 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 424733 (F2) Unknown 100 100 569907 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16402	65.7% Good	Read 489 Write 211 Mixed 314 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 16.3 93% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 10.4 46% 95 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 777GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189348752 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19326462 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1039 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 69291474977 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100755 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (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 -34059090652241 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2560047391 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1702807052	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 184 Mixed 181 140% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 HMT325U6CFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 12GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,686x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 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	147x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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