Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	196% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	34.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210615
Uptime	26.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '21 at 07:30
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$275 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 81.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 1,105 99% 838 Pts	64-Core 1,886 117% 1,886 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 102%

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 (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 103 Parallax 104 88% 105 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 89.2 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KBG40ZNS256G KIOXIA 256GB 2,731 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 645 382 370 384 336 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,533 Write 1,453 Mixed 1,280 SusWrite 528 268% 1,199 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 66.6 224% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 811 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 646 506% 701 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 230%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 194 196 195 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 186 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 195 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT16G4DFD832A.C16FN 859B0000802C CT16G4DFD832A.C16FN 80AD000080AD HMAA2GU6AJR8N-XN 48GB 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 15.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 12.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns

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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	4,451x
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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	991x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	830x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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