Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.93% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemDell XPS 8700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KWVT8
Memory16.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180613
Uptime24.6 Days
Run DateJun 06 '21 at 21:22
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 111
2-Core 220
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 587
60% 482 Pts
64-Core 587
36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720
Nvidia(10DE 1087) 1GB
CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
5.93% Terrible
Lighting 7.5
Reflection 5.8
Parallax 9
6% 7.43 fps
MRender 5.2
Gravity 7.9
Splatting 7.1
6% 6.73 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.93%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
533GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 138 145 149 155 157 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 162
Mixed 74.6
SusWrite 144
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown SUPERTALENT02 Micron 8KTF51264AZ-1G6E1 1352 SUPERTALENT02 Micron 8KTF51264AZ-1G6E1 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
58.2% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 16.8
57% 19.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 19.9
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 65.1
62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 58.2%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8700 Builds (Compare 5,068 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: 59% - Above average Total price: $274
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