Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.15% 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 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0NW73C
Memory8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120905
Uptime7.5 Days
Run DateFeb 24 '18 at 22:17
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Memory 88.7
1-Core 108
2-Core 206
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 519
56% 446 Pts
64-Core 520
32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640
Nvidia(10DE 093D) 1GB
CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
8.15% Terrible
Lighting 9.13
Reflection 8.5
Parallax 10.8
7% 9.46 fps
MRender 12
Gravity 11
Splatting 11.8
10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 8.15%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 165
Mixed 146
126% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.96
4K Write 1.32
4K Mixed 0.29
97% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 103%
Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB
919GB free, PID 0830
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
16.1% Very poor
Read 31.4
Write 25.8
Mixed 27.9
36% 28.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.21
74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 16.1%
Great: 45%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
57.2% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 17.1
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 19.2
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 57.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8500 Builds (Compare 2,098 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297
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