Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.15% 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 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 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YJPT1
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 21:11
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 166 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 524 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 093D) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.15% Terrible	Lighting 9.13 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 10.7 7% 9.44 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 11 Splatting 11.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.15% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242393824 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12440758 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101658 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 81604378652 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -96705483625322 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1704678995 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69954191551	88.7% Excellent	Read 174 Write 136 Mixed 121 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44275240 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 744 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 277573763 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53684 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 408 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 98 98 408 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85886460980244 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -125049163233141 (F2) Unknown 100 253 106496054416254	80.7% Excellent	Read 126 Write 156 Mixed 130 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.19 47% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB M378B5773CH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 58%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,664x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	144x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	155x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	112x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	76x

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Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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