Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.4% 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 Drive24.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0NW73C
Memory27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180625
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateNov 05 '20 at 14:14
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 83.4
1-Core 108
2-Core 211
76% 134 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 518
55% 437 Pts
64-Core 518
32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770
AMD(1002 3000) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
11.4% Very poor
Lighting 15.2
Reflection 11.2
Parallax 13
12% 13.1 fps
MRender 10.5
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 12.8
10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 11.4%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB
812GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UH4400RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 13 38 11 103 36 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
24.6% Poor
Read 418
Write 348
Mixed 193
SusWrite 47.9
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 9.5
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 1.2
18% 5 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 24.6%
Great: 58%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB
572GB free
Firmware: S0628A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 229 234 233 230 225 MB/s
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
54.3% Above average
Read 238
Write 226
Mixed 216
SusWrite 230
51% 227 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 19.1
79% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 31.7
58% 112 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 54.3%
Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119
1TB free
Firmware: 1AQ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 118 118 118 119 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
68.6% Good
Read 121
Write 39.5
Mixed 46.8
SusWrite 119
60% 81.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 72%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB
3.5TB free, PID 25fb
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 26 26 25 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
23.3% Poor
Read 27.1
Write 22.8
Mixed 23.7
SusWrite 25.6
34% 24.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 1
188% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 23.3%
Great: 86%
SD Raid to SATA Powered 511GB
476GB free, PID 0c31
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 25 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
15.4% Very poor
Read 30.9
Write 22.8
Mixed 24
SusWrite 25.9
34% 25.9 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 2.2
138% 2.6 MB/s
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
49.4% Average
MC Read 17.7
MC Write 16.7
MC Mixed 15.2
47% 16.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 17.6
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 74.4
54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 49.4%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,098 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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