Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	9.51% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	287% 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210122
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '21 at 23:21
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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-$235 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 302 97% 179 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1162 104% 878 Pts	64-Core 1,629 101% 1,629 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 645 4,869 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Nvidia(10DE 1029) 1GB CLim: 823 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	9.51% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 14.2 9% 12.6 fps	MRender 14.6 Gravity 13.9 Splatting 11.5 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.51% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$55 495,311 User benchmarks, average bench 275% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2227 755 738 742 739 742 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,636 Write 2,216 Mixed 1,887 SusWrite 990 432% 1,932 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 78.7 258% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,018 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 920 690% 923 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 346%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 39GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 488 488 384 244 240 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 451 Mixed 449 SusWrite 388 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 52.1 177% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 PRO 256GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 183GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 383 383 384 384 378 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 485 Mixed 437 SusWrite 397 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 56.9 186% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%
Sabrent Disk Dev 1TB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 839GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 93 92 93 93 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 204 Write 185 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 94.2 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$79 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 173 175 178 187 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 176 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 235% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%
Sabrent Disk Dev 3TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 411GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 90 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 90.7 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-3G2J1 2x8GB 914 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 23.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 27 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $224Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,496x
Core i7-10700Intel $235Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,854x
Core i5-11400Intel $119Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,166x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,443x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,097x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,005x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	840x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	741x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	647x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	660x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	544x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	398x

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