Dell XPS 8300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8300 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0Y2MRG
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110215
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 07:30
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2310-$90 15,623 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 80 2-Core 160 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 305 41% 305 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77767314 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 63 63 38520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 940582616 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 82 82 19254 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 240522100798 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 60 639959077 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 34359738405 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 26 77767314 (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 100467875048215 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2914448750 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2920598760	57.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 96.6 Mixed 73.8 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 68%
WD 15EARS External 1.5TB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1TB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 25 Mixed 13.2 27% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.13 62% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 21%
Imation Nano Pro 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 063e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 8.39 Mixed 10.9 14% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.37 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.22 40% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 12GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 13.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 14.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 51%

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $112Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,327x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	125x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	184x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	55x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $251

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $153
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363