Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '20 at 21:28
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 521 60% 469 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 12FE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 107 Parallax 106 92% 109 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 108 Splatting 89.3 92% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,360 Write 1,352 Mixed 936 271% 1,216 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 46.3 148% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 558 DQ Mixed 623 486% 676 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 242%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 78GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 28 24 26 23 19 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3.24% Terrible	Read 30.9 Write 17.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 23.8 5% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 2% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 3.24% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 365GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 150 169 110 123 141 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.9% Poor	Read 34.6 Write 35.5 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 125 16% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 15.3 44% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 59.8 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 72.2 52% 66.7 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 201 204 209 205 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 156 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 204 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GB 1,733 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 88%

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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	2,971x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,510x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	916x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

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	469x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
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 $273	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 $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 $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