Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	186% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201026
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '20 at 06:21
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,039 98% 815 Pts	64-Core 1600 99% 1600 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 94.4 Reflection 92 Parallax 84.6 77% 90.3 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 85.9 Splatting 73.5 68% 84.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 81%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8141 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.13% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 8.8 5% 8.33 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 12.1 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.13% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns512g NVMe KIOXIA 512GB 15,775 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 995 610 365 369 366 370 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,494 Write 1,308 Mixed 1,220 SusWrite 513 254% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.6 200% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 877 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 656 515% 718 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 216%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 170 164 170 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 154 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 167 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
SDXC Card 128GB 9,908 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 80GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 21.9 Write 26.4 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 25.9 33% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.7 116% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 45%
USB DISK 3.0 125GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 116GB free, PID 6400 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 254 Write 152 Mixed 174 SusWrite 34.8 187% 154 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 6.6 452% 8.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 2x8GB 1,448 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80% Very good	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

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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 $250Bench 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 $289	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 $39	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