Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210723
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 17:17
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700-$217 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 71.9 1-Core 186 2-Core 371 108% 210 Pts	4-Core 660 8-Core 1188 111% 924 Pts	64-Core 1,703 105% 1,703 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 83.2 78% 91.1 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 86.7 Splatting 71.7 68% 84.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm991a NVMe Samsung 256GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 26300039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 116 95 102 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 564 Write 128 Mixed 224 SusWrite 110 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 36.4 147% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 149 150% 252 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 199%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 533GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 158 164 153 165 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 159 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 159 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GB 1,864 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.9 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 79%

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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	8	6	60	27"	1280 720	ACR0300 G276HL

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,447x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,825x
Core i5-11400Intel $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,150x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,414x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	989x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	735x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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