Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '18 at 03:06
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 196 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 647 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 108 Parallax 95.5 81% 101 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 84.7 71% 87.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB7S512G1122 512GB 1,543 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 180 180 115 66 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 446 Write 264 Mixed 262 SusWrite 136 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 37.5 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 174 162% 255 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 100%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 694GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 129 126 125 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 114 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 127 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 473GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 185 183 185 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 170 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 184 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
WD My Book Duo 25F6 8TB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 7TB free, PID 25f6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 326 331 319 325 324 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 291 Write 294 Mixed 108 SusWrite 324 340% 254 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,116x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	347x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	523x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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