Dell XPS 8500

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.4% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0NW73C
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130523
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '16 at 00:49
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 516 58% 457 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 29.6 20% 26.5 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 23.6 22% 26.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28738 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1496 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 85 85 531 (B2) Unknown 94 94 170 (B3) Unknown 95 95 298 (B4) Unknown 95 95 6230 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 94 94 3094 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37074685931 (F2) Unknown 99 99 33551242336	60.4% Good	Read 471 Write 216 Mixed 268 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 18.5 69% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 53.5 67% 125 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153427944 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4317777052 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1491 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 34898509855 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 335779 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 -140737488355297 (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 107674830132627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3811405343 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9537859305	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 179 Mixed 168 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Dell Portable 1TB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 850GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 91 Write 90.4 Mixed 86.7 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.41 108% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 60%
Generic Ultra HS-SD/MMC 64GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 38GB free, PID 4060 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	8.36% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 14.2 Mixed 9.5 17% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.31 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.56 50% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.36% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73CB0-CK0 4x8GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 94%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,687x
Core i5-3450Intel $95Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	145x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	139x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	164x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	156x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	113x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	157x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	81x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples	77x

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Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363