Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	108.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '22 at 04:42
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 74.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 283 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 735 80% 635 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.42% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.6 fps	MRender 0.2 Gravity 0.1 Splatting 1 0% 0.43 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.42% Great: 6%
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Dell(1028 1905) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.01.02 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 145 Parallax 188 101% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 139 Splatting 96.9 95% 119 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns512g NVMe KIOXIA 512GB 15,775 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 673 679 452 625 604 222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 736 Write 114 Mixed 637 SusWrite 542 113% 508 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 20.8 71% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 462 349% 464 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 216%
ST14000NM001G-2KJ103 14TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 10.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 239 237 237 236 234 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.5% Poor	Read 225 Write 220 Mixed 98.4 SusWrite 230 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 1.4 12% 5.53 MB/s	DQ Read 3.6 DQ Write 2.3 DQ Mixed 1.6 2% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 168 173 172 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 127 Write 162 Mixed 123 SusWrite 172 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.8 367% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 4x31.8GB 1,913 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 149%

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

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,466x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,836x
Core i5-11400Intel $130Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,154x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,422x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,094x
RTX 3060Nvidia $254Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	995x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	834x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16