Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	191% 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, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210904
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 13:13
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 174 2-Core 341 107% 201 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1085 101% 841 Pts	64-Core 1595 99% 1595 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Dell(1028 3971) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 172 Parallax 159 142% 168 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 117% 147 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS2000GB 2TB 1,857 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: S8442101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1110 1207 1414 930 348 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,273 Write 1,364 Mixed 841 SusWrite 865 244% 1,086 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 19.7 160% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 874 DQ Write 1,008 DQ Mixed 512 505% 798 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 242%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 870GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 86 84 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 184 Write 102 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 85.7 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-XN 80AD000080AD HMA81GU6CJR8N-XN 80AD000080AD HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 80AD000080AD HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 32GB 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.6% Very good	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns

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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	4,450x
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 $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