Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	6.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111017
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '22 at 02:22
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 87 2-Core 167 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 374 42% 329 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 347.88 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.5% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 43.9 Parallax 39 32% 40.8 fps	MRender 36.4 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 67 63 52 49 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 81 Write 79.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 53.2 48% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 69%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 773GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 24.5 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 25.1 33% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 12GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,314x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	179x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16