Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	188% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	57.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 22:08
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 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)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 83.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 877 87% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,118 69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.6% 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 (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 142 Parallax 130 104% 133 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% 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% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 2,629 Write 437 Mixed 941 288% 1,336 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 37 142% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 116 133% 229 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 188% 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 (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 69264184 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6540499 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (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 65 52 589168675 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11413 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 100 69264184 (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 -134531260610030 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10076183746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 175949942	84% Excellent	Read 170 Write 122 Mixed 81.1 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.63 227% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 100 55850320 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6344117 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (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 64 60 606011428 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13341 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 113 100 55850320 (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 104668353005956 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1796474485 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5406213365	70.1% Very good	Read 116 Write 127 Mixed 82.2 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 4.15 4K Mixed 0.65 190% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.1% 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 below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 23.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 91%

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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	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
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	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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