Dell XPS 8950

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.29% 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	425% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Dell XPS 8950 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R6PCT
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230913
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '23 at 20:35
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700 25,535 User benchmarks, average bench 108% U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 73.1 1-Core 195 2-Core 389 113% 219 Pts	4-Core 770 8-Core 1,324 127% 1047 Pts	64-Core 2,215 137% 2,215 Pts
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 19,750 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Dell(1028 0AAC) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.4502 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	8.29% Terrible	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 10.7 8% 11.4 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 10.5 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.29% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KXG70PNV2T04 KIOXIA 2048GB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 303% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 10904107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3914 2193 1785 1771 1783 1795 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	425% Outstanding	Read 2,995 Write 3638 Mixed 2,408 SusWrite 2,207 634% 2,812 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 96.8 343% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 1,621 DQ Write 1,298 DQ Mixed 1450 1,088% 1,456 MB/s
Poor: 156% ↑ This bench: 425% Great: 432%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 143 143 143 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 142 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 101%
Asmt 2235 256GB 204GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 35 35 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMCG78MEBUA084N 1x16GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 22h 4800 MHz clocked @ 4400 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 24.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	21.3"	1280 720	SAM0091 SyncMaster

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Gaming 140%

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Desktop 110%

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Workstation 152%

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System: Dell XPS 8950

CPU
Core i7-12700IntelBench 108%, 25,535 samples	1,803x
Core i9-12900KIntel $260Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	812x
Core i7-12700KIntel $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	783x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	1,244x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	518x
RTX 3070Nvidia $495Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	494x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 512GBNvmeBench 278%, 3,082 samples	434x
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	345x
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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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $340

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406