FAQ XPS 8930

Windows 10 64-bit drivers
Documentation

There are only two Gen 2 ports which support up to 10 Gbps data transfer.

Front Type-C/USB 3.1 Gen 1 port. Up to 5 Gbps data transfer speed
Front (3) USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports. Up to 5 Gbps data transfer speed

Rear top (2) black USB 2.0 ports. Up to 480 Mbps data transfer speed
Rear middle Type-C/USB 3.1 Gen 2 port. Up to 10 Gbps data transfer speed
Rear bottom left USB 3.1 Gen 2 port. Up to 10 Gbps data transfer speed
Rear bottom/bottom/right. (3) USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports. Up to 5 Gbps data transfer speed

PCIe slots =
PCIe x16 slot for video card
PCIe x1 slot (possibly covered by the width of the video card)
PCIe x1 slot (sound card, PCIe to NVMe SSD adapter)
PCIe x4 slot

CPU =
PTJR2 9th Gen i9-9900K Coffee Lake-S, 3.60GHz, 16MB cache, FSB 2667MHz, 95w, 8 core, 16 thread, 11/16/18
RV1N4 9th Gen i7-8086K Coffee Lake-S, 4.00GHz, 12MB cache, FSB 2667MHz, 95w, 6 core, 12 thread, 1/7/19
5FKG0 9th Gen i7-9700K Coffee Lake-S, 3.60GHz, 12MB cache, FSB 2667MHz, 95w, LGA, 8 core, 8 thread, 11/16/18
0PW4K 9th Gen i7-9700K Coffee Lake-S, 3.60GHz, 12MB cache, FSB 2667MHz, 95w, LGA, 8 core, 8 thread, 11/16/18
7WP08 9th Gen i5-9600K Coffee Lake-S, 3.70GHz, 9MB cache, FSB 2667MHz, 95w, 6 core, 6 thread, 11/16/18
C3H7H i7-9700, Coffee Lake-S, 3.00GHz, 65w, 8 core
YYVN7 8th Gen i7-8700K Coffee Lake-S, 3.70GHz, 12MB cache, FSB 2667MHz, 95w, LGA, 6 core, 12 thread, 10/20/17
7TMX7 8th Gen i7-8700 Coffee Lake-S, 3.20GHz, 12MB cache, FSB 2667MHz, 65w, LGA, 6 core, 12 thread, 10/20/17
X85H0 8th Gen i5-8400K Coffee Lake-S, 2.80GHz, 9MB cache, FSB 2667MHz, 65w, LGA, 6 core, 6 thread, 10/20/17
7GFR2 9th Gen i5-9400 Coffee Lake-S, 2.90GHz, 9MB cache, 65w, 6 core
00N9G 8th Gen i3-8100 Coffee Lake-S, 3.60GHz, 6MB cache, FSB 2400MHz, 65w, LGA, 4 core, 4 thread, 10/20/17

Memory =
* The XPS 8930 has four DIMM slots. Which support 8GB, 16GB, 24GB, 32GB, and 64GB UDIMM DDR4 memory. Up to 2400MHz for i3 CPU and up to 2666MHz for i5/i7/i7k CPU
* The BIOS- Advanced- Performance Options- Overclocking Feature only applies to the CPU. There are no memory overclocking settings
* Use the white memory slots if you only have two memory modules
* The XPS 8930 memory slots should be as below =
White DIMM2
Black DIMM4
White DIMM1
Black DIMM3
CPU

The validated configurations are below =
8GB = (CPU) Black empty, White 4GB, Black empty, White 4GB
8GB = (CPI) Black empty, White 8GB, Black empty, White empty
16GB = (CPU) Black 4GB, White 4GB, Black 4GB, White 4GB
16GB = (CPU) Black empty, White 8GB, Black empty, White 8GB
16GB = (CPU) Black empty, White 16GB, Black empty, White empty
24GB = (CPU) Black 4GB, White 8GB, Black 4GB, White 8GB
32GB = (CPU) Black 8GB, White 8GB, Black 8GB, White 8GB
32GB = (CPU) Black empty, White 16GB, Black empty, White 16GB
* 48GB = (CPU) Black 8GB, White 16GB, Black 8GB, White 16GB (not validated but works)
64GB = (CPU) Black 16GB, White 16GB, Black 16GB, White 16GB

Dell validated OEM memory =
TP9W1 16GB, DDR4, 2666MHz, 2RX8, 8G, 1Gx72, 8K, 288 pin, Dual Rank, Unbuffered, 1.2v, Non-ECC
Hynix HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK
Micron MTA16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1
Micron MTA16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1
Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CTD

Y7N41 8GB, DDR4, 2666MHz, 1RX8, 8G, 1Gx64, 8K, 288 pin, Single Rank, Unbuffered, 1.2v, Non-ECC
Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK
Kingston KY7N41-MIE
Micron MTA8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1
Micron MTA8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD

FDFMV 4GB, DDR4, 2400MHz, 512x8, 288 pin, Single Rank, Unbuffered, 1.2v, Non-ECC
Smart SF464128CK8I6GKSEG