Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.5% 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	98.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '21 at 19:59
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 78.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 272 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 876 88% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,369 85% 1,369 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 97.5 Parallax 88.4 79% 94.4 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 76.6 71% 88.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm991 NVMe Samsung 512GB 2,686 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 25306039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 99 105 95 94 92 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 1,114 Write 117 Mixed 159 SusWrite 98.6 79% 372 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 32.6 114% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 123 131% 228 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 198%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 764GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 195 190 194 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 186 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 193 113% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 417GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 87 89 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 92.1 Write 91.4 Mixed 53.1 SusWrite 88.9 109% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 2,613 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 117%

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

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $216Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,449x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,828x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,152x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,417x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	990x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	736x
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: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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