Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0T2HR0
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200220
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 18:52
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 757 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 94 Parallax 90.9 82% 95.3 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 76.3 71% 87.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,077 Write 1,276 Mixed 1,166 332% 1,506 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 72.6 248% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 569 DQ Mixed 690 527% 721 MB/s
Poor: 110% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 922GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 186 184 185 187 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 177 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 185 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 173 175 174 176 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 148 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 171 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 257% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 929GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 60 62 60 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 73.6 Write 60.2 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 60.3 82% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 49%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,654 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 17 19 18 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 116 Write 32.7 Mixed 39.1 SusWrite 18.8 56% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 3.2 152% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 33%
WD 3200BEV External 320GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 216GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 23 23 22 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 24.7 Write 20.7 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 22.6 30% 22 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 35% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,647 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 24.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 25.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

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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	2,973x
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	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	263x
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 $178	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