Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 97.4%, 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	272% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180720
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 869 87% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,118 69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 102%

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: 416.34 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 141 Parallax 120 105% 130 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1729 943 598 600 601 597 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,289 Write 1,794 Mixed 1,485 SusWrite 845 358% 1,603 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 83.3 276% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,023 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 947 712% 953 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 296%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 185 180 185 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 26 SusWrite 183 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.7 317% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 309GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 113 116 115 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 60 SusWrite 114 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate USB 3.0 16GB-$44 125 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 6GB free, PID 1656 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 79 79 79 79 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 106 Write 82 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 77.1 96% 75 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.4 97% 3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

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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	2,971x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,510x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	916x
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	469x
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 $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