Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.69% 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	167% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '21 at 00:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400-$134 24,459 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 67 1-Core 167 2-Core 287 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 680 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 730 14,644 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	6.69% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 8.5 6% 10.2 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 9.3 8% 9.4 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.69% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme BC711 SK hynix 256GB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41002131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 538 397 403 377 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 745 Write 654 Mixed 644 SusWrite 439 139% 621 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 72.8 246% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 809 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 969 671% 833 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 257%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 175 174 174 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 171 Mixed 75 SusWrite 157 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 40%

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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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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	4,450x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,828x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,152x

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	990x

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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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 $179	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