Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	6.1 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 04:52
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 as expected (41^st percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 177 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 442 43% 356 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 042F) 2GB CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1210 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 36 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 43.9 29% 37.4 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 37.7 27% 31.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 237 239 240 241 239 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.3% Good	Read 249 Write 237 Mixed 193 SusWrite 237 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 27.6 91% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 191 143% 190 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 115 111 114 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 114 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 109%
Lacie P9223 Slim 500GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 300GB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 20.3 Write 24.9 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 29.5 18% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 147GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 64 65 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 64.5 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 65.1 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KP223C-ELD 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 10GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 50%

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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 10%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,669x
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	155x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	156x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16