Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.67% 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 Drive66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemDell XPS 8700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KWVT8
Memory4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180613
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '19 at 15:50
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 89.7
1-Core 109
2-Core 202
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 440
52% 400 Pts
64-Core 531
33% 531 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 77%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 635
Nvidia(10DE 1032) 1GB
CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
5.67% Terrible
Lighting 6.93
Reflection 7.42
Parallax 9.38
6% 7.91 fps
MRender 5.57
Gravity 7.73
Splatting 7.35
6% 6.88 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.67%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X231600
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 249 266 241 267 274 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
66.6% Good
Read 402
Write 238
Mixed 163
SusWrite 258
59% 265 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 44.1
4K Mixed 25.2
82% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 122
113% 176 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
699GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7S0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 146 151 146 130 124 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
81% Excellent
Read 143
Write 97.7
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 140
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.2
87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 81%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.4% Poor
MC Read 10.2
MC Write 10.1
MC Mixed 8.4
27% 9.57 GB/s
SC Read 7.5
SC Write 6.8
SC Mixed 7.4
21% 7.23 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 29.4%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8700 Builds (Compare 5,066 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8700

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $270
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