Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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 0427JK
Memory	55.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '21 at 21:11
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$225 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 71.8 1-Core 172 2-Core 341 102% 195 Pts	4-Core 658 8-Core 1,076 106% 867 Pts	64-Core 1,690 105% 1,690 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.79 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 107 Parallax 107 93% 109 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 100 Splatting 92.3 87% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme BC711 SK hynix 256GB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41002131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 796 Write 669 Mixed 639 156% 702 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 86.7 289% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 650 DQ Mixed 1,037 696% 842 MB/s
Poor: 83% Great: 257%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 756GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 185 186 175 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 188 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 183 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown W644GU44J1293NH 2x31.5GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79% Very good	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 97.3 41% 97.3 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 93%

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Gaming 125%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,458x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,830x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,421x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,091x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	993x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	833x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $565

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16