Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	190% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 21:41
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 136 2-Core 276 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 877 87% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,133 70% 1,133 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 145 Parallax 122 109% 133 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 2,640 Write 538 Mixed 858 290% 1,345 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 35.6 133% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 112 121% 203 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 147653272 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6215842 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (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 69 52 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10667 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 147653272 (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 59257663785358 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9926452122 (F2) Unknown 100 253 161100731	81% Excellent	Read 169 Write 112 Mixed 88.3 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.65 190% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 39670240 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5990487 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 538443808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12553 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 111 100 39670240 (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 -60919816124161 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1790602157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5390958248	66.4% Good	Read 128 Write 102 Mixed 80.6 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.54 206% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 4x16GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 26.2 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 91%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,965x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,500x
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	693x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	640x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	560x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	467x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	465x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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