Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive159% 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.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 8940  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0K3CM7
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20210401
Uptime7.1 Days
Run DateJan 11 '22 at 21:50
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 26%
Watch Gameplay: 3060-Ti + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-11400-$126
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 69.9
1-Core 157
2-Core 310
94% 179 Pts
4-Core 546
8-Core 661
78% 604 Pts
64-Core 712
44% 712 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 84%
Great: 101%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
Dell(1028 C976) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4175 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 124
Parallax 118
116% 128 fps
MRender 168
Gravity 96.1
Splatting 83.6
91% 116 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 106%
Great: 136%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme BC511 SK hy 512GB
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 601 390 337 310 341 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 731
Write 378
Mixed 605
SusWrite 433
120% 537 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 67.5
232% 86.4 MB/s
DQ Read 717
DQ Write 704
DQ Mixed 671
515% 697 MB/s
Poor: 116%
This bench: 159%
Great: 199%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (87th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.3% Good
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 18.4
67% 23.5 GB/s
SC Read 20.9
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 24.3
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 67.3%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8940 Builds (Compare 10,155 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
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