Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	172% 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.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220214
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '22 at 15:01
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 798 80% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,065 66% 1,065 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 91% 110 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 467 439 454 453 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1654 Write 315 Mixed 368 SusWrite 434 150% 693 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46.7 176% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 845 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 357 322% 505 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 216%
JAJS600M1920GB 2TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 736GB free Firmware: T1126A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 425 424 301 31 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 406 Write 325 Mixed 37 SusWrite 272 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 0.4 60% 139 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 102%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 526GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 283 222 164 54 39 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 401 Write 319 Mixed 276 SusWrite 191 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 11 44% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 29.4 43% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 175 179 181 181 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 123 Write 151 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 176 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 173% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion HDD 14TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3TB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 22 22 22 21 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 130%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 33 Write 35.5 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 21.7 23% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.8 243% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 88%
WD My Book 25EE 10TB 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 196 189 194 205 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 136 Write 129 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 198 180% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.4 241% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 99%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 4TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 788GB free, PID 3940 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 83 88 88 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 92.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 87.4 104% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 54%
WD Game Drive 5TB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 899GB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 96 105 106 110 113 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 118 Write 105 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 106 134% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 164%

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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	2,980x
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