Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	130% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210401
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '21 at 03:33
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400-$134 24,459 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 67.5 1-Core 161 2-Core 303 93% 177 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 855 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 730 14,644 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9466 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 15 Parallax 8.7 6% 10.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme TEAM TM8FP6001T 1TB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1218A3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 484 478 485 489 470 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 726 Write 601 Mixed 581 SusWrite 475 134% 596 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 21.8 156% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 731 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 391 350% 536 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 274%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 930GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 122 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 147 Write 113 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 120 152% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.8% Good	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 164%

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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	165	31.5"	1280 720	GSM775C LG ULTRAGEAR

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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 $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,450x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,828x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,152x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,417x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	990x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	640x

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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16