Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.02% 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	177% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '21 at 05:28
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$235 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 74 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 87% 162 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 1,078 96% 813 Pts	64-Core 1,384 86% 1,384 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 15,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9316 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.02% Terrible	Lighting 8.9 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 11.1 7% 11.8 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 9.4 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.02% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CT2000P 2TB 547 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 514 522 516 516 518 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 695 Write 768 Mixed 726 SusWrite 520 153% 677 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 76.4 272% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 787 DQ Mixed 976 673% 826 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 319%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 1003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 101 101 102 101 102 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Lacie USB 3.0 Drive 4TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 133 128 134 136 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 105 Write 113 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 129 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 193% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 802C0000802C 4ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 80AD000080AD HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 80AD000080AD HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 19.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 26.5 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	9	60	23.8"	1280 720	DELA0C3 DELL P2416D

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $200Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,473x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,839x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,157x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,427x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,094x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	995x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	835x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	643x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	656x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	396x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16