Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	58.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	241% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	2.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 18:15
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 25.8 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 179 49% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 650 59% 495 Pts	64-Core 1,186 73% 1,186 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Dell(1028 1365) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.3% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 73.5 61% 75 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 59.6 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 821 679 680 813 665 663 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,441 Write 2,296 Mixed 1,550 SusWrite 720 391% 1,752 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 73.8 235% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 617 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 569 425% 566 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 372%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 106 106 106 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 118 Write 101 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 105 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 129 130 129 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 120 Write 143 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 130 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL16G32C16U4B.M16FE 4x16GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 26.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 1.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 2.8 13% 4.63 GB/s	Latency 281 14% 281 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 188%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $216Bench 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: $556

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