Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.4% 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	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 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	6.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '16 at 17:22
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 498 55% 432 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 1016) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 21.1 14% 18.3 fps	MRender 22.4 Gravity 16.8 Splatting 16.1 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 100 1877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 487 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3972 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4024 (A9) Unknown 100 100 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3978 (AE) Unknown 100 100 143 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 240518168616 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 133 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 396727 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7076 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4187	81.8% Excellent	Read 491 Write 424 Mixed 455 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 5.61 105% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 5.4 52% 112 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 78%
Liteonit LMT-32L3M mSATA 32GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5GB free Firmware: LWDA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1785 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 48608 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 380 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19944 (F2) Unknown 100 100 46746	58.6% Above average	Read 316 Write 88.7 Mixed 139 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 25 117% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 38.5 52% 98 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 73GB free Firmware: JC66 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94766968 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4998 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 595957048 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4676 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 51 605356062 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 38654705694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 22 94766968 (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 69174743299995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4290738872 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1830465356	39.1% Below average	Read 78 Write 58.3 Mixed 58.1 49% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.38 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 HMT325U6CFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 12GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

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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	2,707x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,747x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	574x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	363x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	324x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	168x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	352x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	195x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16