Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.9% 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.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KWVT8
Memory8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20140416
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 13 '21 at 14:54
Run Duration170 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th 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 (92nd percentile)
78.1% Very good
Memory 91
1-Core 107
2-Core 210
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 352
8-Core 574
57% 463 Pts
64-Core 539
33% 539 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60
Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
9.9% Terrible
Lighting 12
Reflection 14.7
Parallax 10.4
10% 12.4 fps
MRender 10.6
Gravity 12.5
Splatting 13.5
10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 9.9%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
368GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 22 30 103 127 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
17.3% Very poor
Read 7
Write 7.3
Mixed 7.2
SusWrite 53.1
14% 18.6 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0
17% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 17.3%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Smart SH564128FH8N6TNSQG 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
53% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 19.5
MC Mixed 14.9
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 16.4
47% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 65.8
61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 53%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8700 Builds (Compare 5,069 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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