Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.51% 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	132% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210401
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '21 at 17:18
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700-$220 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 64.2 1-Core 175 2-Core 343 100% 194 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1,045 97% 809 Pts	64-Core 1,653 102% 1,653 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 15,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.51% Terrible	Lighting 8.9 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 9.5 7% 10.7 fps	MRender 9.2 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 9.9 8% 9.73 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.51% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN530 WDC 512GB 1,978 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21112012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 416 421 419 409 322 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 675 Write 585 Mixed 646 SusWrite 393 129% 575 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48 165% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 209 281% 515 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 244%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 180 182 181 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 73.9 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 180 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2G43BB3-CWE 1x16GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 8.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 55%

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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: 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	7	6	60	17"	1280 720	SAM010D SyncMaster

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Gaming 125%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $220Bench 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: $560

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16