Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.82% 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	172% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	54.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '22 at 10:24
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900K-$265 44,319 User benchmarks, average bench 103% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 72.2 1-Core 178 2-Core 356 105% 202 Pts	4-Core 664 8-Core 1,147 110% 906 Pts	64-Core 1,601 99% 1,601 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	6.82% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 281 Parallax 11 7% 100 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 9.2 6% 7.33 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.82% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Micron 3400 2048GB 455 User benchmarks, average bench 319% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 34000050 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 588 579 593 603 596 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 686 Write 654 Mixed 698 SusWrite 593 148% 658 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 71.2 235% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 760 DQ Mixed 1,103 744% 900 MB/s
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 495%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 115 119 119 116 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 72.8 Write 76.2 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 111 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA2GU6AJR8N-XN 4x16GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 23.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 26.1 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 96.5 42% 96.5 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	4,447x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 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) $30	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