Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8% 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	172% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0H0P0M
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 00:27
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 267 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 824 78% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0859) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 0.06 7% 6.59 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 16.8 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 5.9 299 152 171 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1396 Write 907 Mixed 875 SusWrite 158 185% 834 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 75 266% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 748 DQ Mixed 220 259% 434 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 209%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 141GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 280 280 280 217 280 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 368 Write 280 Mixed 246 SusWrite 269 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 31.6 119% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 175 157% 236 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 796GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 170 171 171 168 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 168 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 170 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3E1 0000AD01 HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 25.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 77%

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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	2,985x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,521x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	922x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	645x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	564x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	264x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	159x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	468x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	361x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16