Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210615
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '21 at 04:06
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400-$134 24,459 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 72.3 1-Core 166 2-Core 322 98% 187 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 756 86% 674 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Dell(1028 3796) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70% Good	Lighting 85.9 Reflection 127 Parallax 82.4 70% 98.4 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 71.2 70% 87.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GB 4,729 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 293 288 292 293 374 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 694 Write 570 Mixed 638 SusWrite 304 124% 551 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 47.1 166% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 285 265% 429 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 229%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 90 72 62 67 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 412 Write 288 Mixed 130 SusWrite 71.7 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 13.4 49% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 19 53% 114 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 86%
Nvme INTEL SSDPEKNW010T8 1TB 3,285 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 498GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 185 202 201 200 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 653 Write 532 Mixed 497 SusWrite 189 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 43.4 167% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 640 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 221 205% 331 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 258%
WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB 19,163 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 821GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 132 132 132 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 165 Write 138 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 132 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 1 11% 4.27 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 14.1 DQ Mixed 2.3 3% 5.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GXLZU320BSA 2x8GB 2,514 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 110%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,451x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 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