Dell XPS 8950

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Dell XPS 8950 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R6PCT
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '23 at 17:24
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700 25,535 User benchmarks, average bench 108% U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 73.8 1-Core 190 2-Core 376 110% 213 Pts	4-Core 751 8-Core 1,298 124% 1,025 Pts	64-Core 2175 135% 2175 Pts
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Dell(1028 3984) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 128 Parallax 279 109% 180 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 142 Splatting 194 110% 124 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSK 2TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 703GB free Firmware: 0212 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 386 387 388 389 388 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 390 Write 384 Mixed 378 SusWrite 387 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 38.8 125% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 186 135% 174 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 94%
PC SN740 NVMe WD 256GB 443 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 176GB free Firmware: 73103012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1741 1858 1852 1256 254 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	365% Outstanding	Read 3,276 Write 1,893 Mixed 1,792 SusWrite 1,196 453% 2,039 MB/s	4K Read 80.7 4K Write 229 4K Mixed 96.5 367% 135 MB/s	DQ Read 957 DQ Write 1,238 DQ Mixed 872 721% 1,022 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 365% Great: 354%
Nextorage NEM-PA2TB 2TB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 478% 1.5TB free Firmware: EIFS31.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1799 4506 4551 4550 4532 3412 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	489% Outstanding	Read 2,590 Write 4,070 Mixed 3,009 SusWrite 3,892 770% 3,390 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 85 272% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 1,723 DQ Write 1,110 DQ Mixed 1,439 1,067% 1,424 MB/s
Poor: 325% ↑ This bench: 489% Great: 621%
Amd-raid WDC WDS100T2G0A- 1TB 2,270 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 538GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 2.5 47 31 29 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 308 Mixed 196 SusWrite 44.5 183% 248 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 13.6 2,240% 11.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 159%
Hitachi HUH728080ALE601 8TB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2.5TB free Firmware: A4GL0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 186 170 177 182 164 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 173 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 175 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.9 234% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$70 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 185 181 184 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 86.6 Write 126 Mixed 109 SusWrite 184 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 316% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M323R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 301000003075 CT8G48C40U5.M4A1 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 4800, 4800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	118% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 43.1 128% 44.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 26.1 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

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System: Dell XPS 8950

CPU
Core i7-12700IntelBench 108%, 25,535 samples	1,803x
Core i9-12900KIntel $280Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	812x
Core i7-12700KIntel $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	786x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	1,246x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	518x
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	495x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 512GBNvmeBench 278%, 3,082 samples	436x
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	346x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples	332x

RAM
HMCG78MEBUA081N 2x16GBUnknownBench 139%, 1,072 samples	450x
HMCG78MEBUA084N 2x16GBUnknownBench 141%, 577 samples	303x
CG78MEBUA081N 2x16GBUnknownBench 143%, 829 samples	256x

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