Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.21% 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	159% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	39.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200729
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 23:04
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$276 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 308 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 1,143 102% 860 Pts	64-Core 1,963 122% 1,963 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8141 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.91 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 16.8 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB 4,455 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21106012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 221 221 222 222 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,431 Write 925 Mixed 1,012 SusWrite 260 202% 907 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54.1 192% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 386 346% 526 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 196%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 931GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 444 445 443 443 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 426 Mixed 391 SusWrite 438 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 40.6 141% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 252 210% 305 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 117%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 5,996 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 122 123 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 80.7 Write 108 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 124 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 163% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 69%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 1GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 0736 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	2.96% Terrible	Read 11.4 Write 2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.1 4% 4.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.96% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 04EF0000802C TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 019800000198 KHX3000C15D4/8GX 019800000198 KHX3000C15D4/8GX 48GB 3200, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,458x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,830x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,421x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,091x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	993x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	833x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	641x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	653x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	396x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $565

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16