Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	308% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DF42J
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 02:13
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 512 59% 459 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 87.5 80% 98.2 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 94.3 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7101Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,756 Write 1,836 Mixed 2,110 495% 2,234 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 71.9 239% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 128 132% 216 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 296%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$30 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 448GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 64 4239632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2227904 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 85 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 707264553 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 41 21 90194313257 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 4239632 (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 -43997644980141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2328159299 (F2) Unknown 100 253 467183218	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 186 Mixed 157 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.34 99% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 207GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196141480 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5445668 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3336 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 639893541 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82017 (C2) HDA temperature 37 43 47244640293 (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 138512695304453 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5204535317 (F2) Unknown 100 253 128183900420	84.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 142 Mixed 140 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 20GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161685528 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129186430 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3289 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99705 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 51539607590 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51539607560832 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48066495005 (F2) Unknown 100 253 437022017613	74.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 120 Mixed 113 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 27GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 74 Write 81.2 Mixed 78.9 102% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 1.5TB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 16GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	30% Poor	Read 72 Write 67.2 Mixed 70.4 90% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 24.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 26.4 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,967x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	694x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	466x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16