Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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 Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210401
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '22 at 23:37
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 78.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 299 95% 178 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 751 85% 666 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C973) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.13 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 119 Parallax 137 108% 129 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 102 Splatting 89.2 89% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$109 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 139 74 78 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 343 Write 372 Mixed 389 SusWrite 130 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 21.6 88% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 319 240% 321 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 785GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 138 159 174 173 172 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 125 Write 137 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 164 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TIMETEC-UD4-3600 4x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.5% Very good	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.5 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 209%

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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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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,462x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,831x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,154x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,421x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,093x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	993x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	833x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	643x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	654x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	396x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $565

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16