Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	327% 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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '20 at 03:34
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (92^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 1,075 97% 818 Pts	64-Core 1,618 100% 1,618 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Lighting 89.6 Reflection 94.6 Parallax 83.6 73% 89.3 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 89 Splatting 94 75% 91.2 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1443 1911 2182 2099 2041 2039 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,459 Write 2,182 Mixed 1,458 SusWrite 1,953 452% 2,013 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 68.6 229% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 930 DQ Write 790 DQ Mixed 856 642% 859 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 301GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 488 488 488 437 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 466 Mixed 437 SusWrite 457 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 50 161% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 330 249% 333 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 171GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 487 488 488 487 486 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 467 Mixed 434 SusWrite 487 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 47.6 158% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 330 248% 333 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 477GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 488 488 488 487 487 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 467 Mixed 411 SusWrite 488 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 42.1 141% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 330 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 121%

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 (88^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 23.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

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Gaming 125%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,465x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,832x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 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 $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	994x

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 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16