Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	151% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210723
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 18:32
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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-$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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 74.6 1-Core 183 2-Core 370 108% 209 Pts	4-Core 711 8-Core 1,213 117% 962 Pts	64-Core 1,496 93% 1,496 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 86 Reflection 116 Parallax 73.3 70% 91.6 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 79.6 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Micron 2300 1024GB 2,439 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 654GB free (System drive) Firmware: 23000030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 490 527 524 530 525 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 583 Write 668 Mixed 576 SusWrite 515 132% 585 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.4 197% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 861 627% 815 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 304%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 569GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 148 162 168 169 165 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 156 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 161 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 113%
SDHC Card 8GB 4,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 6.6 7.7 7.4 8.1 7.3 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Read 14 Write 0.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 7.4 8% 7.32 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 55% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GB 1,864 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% 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	9	7	60	27.2"	1280 720	GSM5B08 LG Ultra HD

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Gaming 125%

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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	4,447x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,825x
Core i5-11400Intel $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,150x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,414x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	989x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	735x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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