Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 05:05
Run Duration	2813 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (41^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-$170 282,363 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 (86^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 110 2-Core 205 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 619 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 1083) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.67 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.41% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 7.66 6% 7.16 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 7.09 5% 6.36 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 625GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 904 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 903 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26536 (C2) HDA temperature 109 105 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3193 (F1) Unknown 200 200 26279611361 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16211612129	66.1% Good	Read 126 Write 104 Mixed 112 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 109%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 29GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 42.3 Write 9.55 Mixed 23.5 27% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.37 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.53 52% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 37%
Buildwin MediaPlayer 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 14GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	1.02% Terrible	Read 0.43 Write 0.34 Mixed 0.37 0% 0.38 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.27 19% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.02% Great: 1%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 81%

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Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,146x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	469x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	518x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	349x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	240x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	72x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	526x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	227x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	160x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $367

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