Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.9% 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	199% 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	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.

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System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '20 at 23:21
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$250 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 760 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 114 Parallax 114 93% 114 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 82.7 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 606GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 934 779 974 1021 1043 1162 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,635 Write 1,434 Mixed 1199 SusWrite 985 294% 1,313 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 52.2 149% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 922 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 285 285% 480 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 410%
Micron 2200S NVMe 256GB 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 230GB free Firmware: 22001030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 681 818 937 921 947 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 370 Mixed 667 SusWrite 846 159% 713 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 20.4 87% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 92.1 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 213 136% 153 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 193%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 38 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 8.8 21% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 189% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 260D 5TB 716 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4.5TB free, PID 260d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 36.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 8.6 36% 28 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD050 500GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 140GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.5 9.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 37.7 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 8.7 34% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 20%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.3 8.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 32.3 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 8.3 32% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 207GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 38 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 8.6 34% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43DB2-CTD 0000AD01 HMA81GU6DJR8N-VK 0000CE03 M378A1K43DB2-CTD 0000AD01 HMA81GU6DJR8N-VK 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

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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	2,980x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,514x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	921x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	644x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	563x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	263x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	472x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	360x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16