Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 706 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.5 90% 108 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 99 Splatting 88 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 M.2 2280 256GB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 917 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (64) Unknown 100 100 1671128 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 23 (B2) Unknown 100 100 93 (B3) Unknown 100 100 381 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3875 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 0 90197590061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5963 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2490 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2127 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2	94.5% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 371 Mixed 430 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 23.7 121% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 45.5 115% 244 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 586 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 586 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 171799609372 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 831 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9507628723 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7631110187	95.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 159 Mixed 158 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 111%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	346x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	158x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16