Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	184% 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 0427JK
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 22:52
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 70 1-Core 185 2-Core 361 106% 205 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 1,043 102% 835 Pts	64-Core 1,666 103% 1,666 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 106%

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: 466.11 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.6% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 83.7 76% 90 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 73.2 68% 84.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SHGP31-1000GM-2 1TB 346 User benchmarks, average bench 309% 870GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41061C20 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 431 432 438 435 433 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 763 Write 614 Mixed 648 SusWrite 433 138% 614 MB/s	4K Read 67.9 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 93.1 307% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 925 633% 779 MB/s
Poor: 186% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 397%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 874GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 92 91 92 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 393 Mixed 399 SusWrite 92.6 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 54.1 174% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 260 208% 294 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 91 91 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 182 Write 162 Mixed 114 SusWrite 91.3 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 674GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 20 Write 29.1 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 30.1 16% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GB 1,864 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 13.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 79%

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

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,450x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,417x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	991x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	830x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
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: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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