Dell XPS 8700

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 8700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KWVT8
Memory	10.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141122
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 23:51
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 588 66% 517 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 2720 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58565111 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 605487140 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 68719476772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 24 2720 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48631914695821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3878302718 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1651485785	72.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 101 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 74%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 475 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 009f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	6.34% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 6.57 Mixed 8.07 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.05 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 23% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.34% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%

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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	2,712x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1,748x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	574x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	363x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	325x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	168x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	165x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	156x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	352x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	195x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16