Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.56% 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	131% 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	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

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

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210301
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '21 at 05:39
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900-$270 3,353 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 74.8 1-Core 193 2-Core 388 113% 219 Pts	4-Core 667 8-Core 1,208 112% 937 Pts	64-Core 1,757 109% 1,757 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%

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 (99^th percentile)	8.56% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 114 Parallax 11.1 8% 45 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 11 Splatting 9.4 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.56% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Micron 2300 1024GB 2,439 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 23000020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 504 510 510 491 505 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 572 Write 640 Mixed 634 SusWrite 506 133% 588 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 52.2 180% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 843 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 267 254% 418 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 304%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 174 181 182 179 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 181 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 179 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA2GU6AJR8N-XN 2x16GB 355 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 24.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 16: 1R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
16%	20%	41	111	7	60	7.2"	1920 1080	SAM07BA SAMSUNG

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,450x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 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	829x
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 $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 $40	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