Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.43% 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	136% 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.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210122
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 08:13
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700-$217 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 187 2-Core 373 114% 216 Pts	4-Core 714 8-Core 1,276 120% 995 Pts	64-Core 1,681 104% 1,681 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.43% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 196 Parallax 10.7 8% 72.2 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 9.3 9% 11.2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.43% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PM991a Samsung 512GB 1,958 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 26300039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 98 95 88 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,286 Write 168 Mixed 296 SusWrite 98.9 99% 462 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 45.9 187% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 196 221% 398 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 237%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 867GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 179 178 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 174 Mixed 111 SusWrite 180 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 2x8GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 15.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,453x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,418x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	992x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	831x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	641x

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: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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