Dell XPS 8900

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.8% 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	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

System	Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory	34.7 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 00:15
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-6700-$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 (94^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 650 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 136 Parallax 127 104% 130 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 41 74 51 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 398 Write 178 Mixed 159 SusWrite 69.5 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 15 41% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 76%
MB2000EAMZF 2TB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: HPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 126 Write 40.8 Mixed 50 SusWrite 40.8 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 177GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 83 85 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 89 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 85 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 472GB free Firmware: MS2OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 130 142 148 149 147 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 114 Mixed 36 SusWrite 142 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 40GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

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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 $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,126x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	466x
Core i5-6400Intel $72Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	513x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	348x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	238x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples	67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	524x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	224x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	159x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16