Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.49% 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	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '16 at 16:20
Run Duration	392 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 608 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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 Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.49% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 7.31 Parallax 7.84 6% 7.34 fps	MRender 4.76 Gravity 7 Splatting 7.22 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.49% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th 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 15107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 160 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 56 188978561050 (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 10 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10093324752 (F7) Unknown 100 100 328175619 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2232879283	77% Very good	Read 486 Write 272 Mixed 350 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 15.5 100% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 13.2 79% 182 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 812GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 2050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2156 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 48 (F1) Unknown 200 200 4744979410 (F2) Unknown 200 200 805379437	98.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 175 Mixed 170 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.32 128% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 109%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 750GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 637GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 33.6 Mixed 0.65 26% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.35 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 17%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 1TB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 636GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 32.5 Mixed 30.7 41% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.37 50% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 18%
WDC WD10 EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 411GB free, PID b159 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.2% Very poor	Read 34.1 Write 33.7 Mixed 30.8 42% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 2x4GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 75%

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Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,116x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	464x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	508x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	347x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	523x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16