Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive153% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8940  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0K3CM7
Memory5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20210401
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 31 '21 at 23:24
Run Duration214 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 44%

 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-11400-$134
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Relative performance (0th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 68.1
1-Core 138
2-Core 282
86% 163 Pts
4-Core 430
8-Core 595
65% 513 Pts
64-Core 731
45% 731 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 101%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279
Dell(1028 C974) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.41
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 118
Parallax 123
107% 124 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 99.9
Splatting 88.1
87% 109 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 100%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 499 496 495 504 478 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
153% Outstanding
Read 726
Write 642
Mixed 611
SusWrite 487
138% 617 MB/s
4K Read 46.3
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 60.9
206% 72 MB/s
DQ Read 693
DQ Write 667
DQ Mixed 634
489% 665 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 153%
Great: 195%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
823GB free
Firmware: M3CR043
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 155 153 151 155 155 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Read 344
Write 394
Mixed 344
SusWrite 151
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 81
4K Mixed 44.8
150% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 144
151% 250 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 125%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A1G44AB0-CWE 859B0000802C CT8G4DFRA32A.M8FR 16GB
3200, 3200 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
55.5% Above average
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 17.7
MC Mixed 16.7
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 18.7
SC Mixed 18.8
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical XPS 8940 Builds (Compare 10,173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 125%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 123%
UFO

System: Dell XPS 8940

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $557
The Best.
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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