Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	The 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.
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.

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System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	17.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201222
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '22 at 20:40
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 177 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 492 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 76% 102 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 100 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 897GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 173 165 172 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 168 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 169 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.7 353% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 234GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 100 100 100 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 71.1 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 99.1 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 860GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 193 193 193 191 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 145 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 191 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 139 143 144 145 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 129 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 142 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 278% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 92%
Seagate ST8000DM0004-1ZC11G 8TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 57 104 105 119 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 27.4 Write 80.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 97.1 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 104%
ST350063 0AS 500GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 258GB free, PID 070c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 22.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 38.6 41% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,116x
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	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	347x
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	523x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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