Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.87% 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	169% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 05:14
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (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 i7-11700-$217 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 70 1-Core 185 2-Core 370 107% 208 Pts	4-Core 709 8-Core 1,024 108% 866 Pts	64-Core 1,692 105% 1,692 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

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. 27.20.100.9664 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 10.7 7% 11.4 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 1 4% 4.6 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 498 467 440 440 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 730 Write 674 Mixed 672 SusWrite 469 143% 637 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 75.8 256% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 713 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 657 508% 691 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 195%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 894GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 103 137 137 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 158 Write 83.9 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 111 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 120 126 123 125 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 104 Write 114 Mixed 74 SusWrite 117 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 176% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown K9CXF2-MIE 0198000080AD KF3200C16D4/8GX 01980000802C K9CXF2-MIE 0198000080CE KF3200C16D4/8GX 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3200, 2400, 3200, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.3% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 18 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 67%

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

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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 $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