Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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.
Graphics	146% 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	153% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	18.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220413
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '22 at 06:41
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 66.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 239 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 662 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Dell(1028 C903) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.96 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 201 Parallax 195 174% 203 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 149 Splatting 134 125% 156 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC711 SK hynix 1TB 3,587 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 774GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 333 346 348 364 371 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 721 Write 661 Mixed 655 SusWrite 346 134% 596 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 67.1 221% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 789 DQ Write 725 DQ Mixed 735 558% 750 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 370%
WD WD8002FZWX-00BKUA0 8TB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 6.5TB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 81 78 81 81 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 79% Great: 139%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 720GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 80 79 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 141 Write 93.7 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 80.7 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 114%
SABRENT 750GB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 86GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 60 60 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 49.8 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 59.8 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 63%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 86 85 83 85 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 173 Write 167 Mixed 116 SusWrite 83.5 176% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 129% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA2GU6CJR8N-XN 2x16GB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.3% Good	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 17.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 105%

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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	4,453x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,418x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	992x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	831x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	641x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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