Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.1% 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 Drive182% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8940  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KV3RP
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201112
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJan 22 '21 at 04:43
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10400-$130
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
Memory 91.6
1-Core 128
2-Core 225
85% 148 Pts
4-Core 498
8-Core 792
79% 645 Pts
64-Core 1,046
65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX5600
Dell(1028 3910) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.10.24
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 121
Parallax 179
84% 134 fps
MRender 92.7
Gravity 98.2
Splatting 77.8
72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 78%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme KBG40ZNS256G NVM 256GB
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10410105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1099 724 401 403 406 403 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
182% Outstanding
Read 1,275
Write 1,401
Mixed 1,241
SusWrite 572
252% 1,122 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 61.5
201% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 918
DQ Write 589
DQ Mixed 660
517% 722 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 182%
Great: 184%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
628GB free
Firmware: 13057113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 165 165 165 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
94.4% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 153
Mixed 96.6
SusWrite 164
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 94.4%
Great: 109%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 130 125 127 132 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
67.8% Good
Read 105
Write 102
Mixed 78.7
SusWrite 130
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.5
219% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.3% Very good
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 22.5
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 24.9
69% 24.2 GB/s
Latency 64.8
62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8940 Builds (Compare 10,157 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $557
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