Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.52% 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 05:02
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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 i7-6700-$163 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 181 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 608 57% 473 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.7% 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: 387.95 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.52% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 7.19 Parallax 8.19 6% 7.42 fps	MRender 4.76 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 7.22 5% 6.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.52% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 239GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 139 (A3) Unknown 100 100 60 (A4) Unknown 100 100 76494 (A5) Unknown 100 100 96 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 641908 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 982368 (F2) Unknown 100 100 974880 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1223904	86.2% Excellent	Read 505 Write 414 Mixed 456 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 31.2 108% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 61.3 74% 129 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 680688492
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Drobo Gen3 70.5TB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 64.5TB free, PID 3344 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 165 Write 142 Mixed 171 204% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.58 169% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 859B0000802C BLS4G4D240FSA.8FBD 859B0000802C BLS4G4D240FSA.8FBD 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,147x
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 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 $140Bench 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	161x

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