Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.1% 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	198% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220914
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '22 at 13:08
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$225 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 83.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 304 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 1,017 96% 798 Pts	64-Core 1,470 91% 1,470 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 750 15,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 11 7% 11.8 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 9.4 9% 11.7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 8%
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C756) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.40 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 139 Parallax 95.4 86% 113 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 112 Splatting 102 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN530 WDC 512GB 1,978 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 689 463 291 243 285 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,398 Write 1,538 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 378 258% 1,150 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 66 238% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,167 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 962 735% 1,001 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 244%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 602GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 403 398 263 390 303 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 323 Write 391 Mixed 326 SusWrite 356 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 47.4 155% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 155 168% 282 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 754GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 172 168 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 162 Mixed 109 SusWrite 171 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 109%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 101 102 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 107 Write 99.1 Mixed 70 SusWrite 102 127% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 159% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL16G32C16U4R.16FE 2x16GB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 124%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,460x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,830x
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	1,092x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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	653x
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 $300	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