Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	118% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Dell XPS 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	30.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150709
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '16 at 16:05
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 605 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 094E) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.1090 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ INTREPID 3700 960GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 426GB free Firmware: 1.5.1.0A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 344 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (64) Unknown 100 100 848448 (AB) Unknown 83 0 11380 (AE) Unknown 61 100 73 (B8) Unknown 16 100 2188 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 64 4201268 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2331 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2048 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 285289445 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 100 100 10000 (CE) Flying height 0 100 0 (CF) Spin high current 2 100 70 (D0) Spin buzz 0 100 3 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (D3) Unknown 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 9 (D5) Unknown 100 100 5 (D6) Unknown 100 100 4 (DD) G-sense error rate 100 100 192 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 0 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2594 (FB) Unknown 100 100 3891	108% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 438 Mixed 412 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 39.5 167% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 94.2 133% 246 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 257 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 133 (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 57 46 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 963825242	118% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 419 Mixed 419 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 48.6 185% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 106 142% 260 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 M378B1G73EB0-YK0 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2,695x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,739x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	573x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	362x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	322x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	167x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	351x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16