Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics76% 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 Drive222% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8940  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KV3RP
Memory54 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20220413
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJun 04 '22 at 22:00
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700-$231
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Memory 86.8
1-Core 143
2-Core 285
94% 172 Pts
4-Core 558
8-Core 947
91% 753 Pts
64-Core 1,490
92% 1,490 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.13
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76% Very good
Lighting 96.4
Reflection 97.7
Parallax 88.2
79% 94.1 fps
MRender 99.5
Gravity 89.7
Splatting 76
71% 88.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB
689GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1685 1548 1504 989 979 1076 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
222% Outstanding
Read 1,912
Write 1,078
Mixed 1,676
SusWrite 1,297
334% 1,491 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 55.7
4K Mixed 46.4
156% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 756
DQ Write 48.5
DQ Mixed 89.1
144% 298 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 222%
Great: 340%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270
485GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 138 135 130 182 134 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
46.1% Average
Read 346
Write 136
Mixed 136
SusWrite 145
42% 191 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 24.7
4K Mixed 15.2
67% 20.9 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 33.1
DQ Mixed 38.6
38% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 46.1%
Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
929GB free
Firmware: 1001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 145 147 144 171 145 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
96.6% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 177
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 154
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-3G2J1 802C0000802C 16ATF2G64AZ-3G2J1 859B0000802C CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FE 859B0000802C CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FE 64GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
80.8% Excellent
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 31.4
MC Mixed 25.3
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 34.8
SC Mixed 26.5
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8940 Builds (Compare 10,208 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 125%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 123%
UFO

System: Dell XPS 8940

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $565
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