Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210122
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 21:13
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 1,153 100% 856 Pts	64-Core 1606 99% 1606 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.28% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.53 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 427GB free Firmware: V1.2.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 438 438 451 453 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 481 Mixed 459 SusWrite 452 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 42.5 150% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 311 230% 301 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 128 125 129 160 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 110 Write 184 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 126 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 2x8GB 1,448 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 23 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 27.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

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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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Gaming 125%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,447x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,825x
Core i5-11400Intel $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,150x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,414x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	989x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	735x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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