Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.15% 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	81.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 00:15
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 503 51% 413 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 093D) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.15% Terrible	Lighting 9.13 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 10.8 7% 9.45 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 10.8 Splatting 11.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.15% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6131 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1468 (B1) Unknown 95 95 152 (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 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 515 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41555781833	81.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 475 Mixed 475 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 19.8 92% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 47.2 55% 88.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 116%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 51GB free Firmware: 10.01E04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 165 1633 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11763 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11756 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 35 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.3% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 54.5 Mixed 54.7 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.47 102% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 139 Write 55.9 Mixed 64.5 95% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.09 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.95 123% 3.01 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 4x2GB 855 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 17.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 83%

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

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,662x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	154x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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