Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.7% 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	195% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '21 at 03:55
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$130 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 787 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 1,057 65% 1,057 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 109 Parallax 112 95% 112 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.6 88% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm991a NVMe Samsung 512GB 3,717 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 26300039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1427 1060 886 490 339 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,499 Write 1,494 Mixed 1,425 SusWrite 752 290% 1,292 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 56.7 186% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 669 DQ Mixed 699 526% 702 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 244%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 975GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 187 192 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 186 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 189 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 411% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 433GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 76.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 95.6 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 66%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 163 153 165 156 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 181 Write 196 Mixed 118 SusWrite 158 220% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1 210% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA2GU6AJR8N-XN 1x16GB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 11.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 49%

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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	4,447x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,825x
Core i5-11400Intel $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,150x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,414x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	989x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	735x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	640x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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