Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	170% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211007
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '21 at 01:30
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 73.9 1-Core 171 2-Core 345 102% 197 Pts	4-Core 652 8-Core 1,060 105% 856 Pts	64-Core 1,614 100% 1,614 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C973) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2257 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 131 Parallax 152 112% 140 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 114 Splatting 99.2 98% 123 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GB 4,729 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 502 471 502 507 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 595 Mixed 693 SusWrite 482 141% 628 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 76 266% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 449 DQ Mixed 664 489% 652 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 229%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 924GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 173 164 178 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 114 Mixed 100 SusWrite 174 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1G44AB0-CWE 859B0000802C CT8G4DFRA32A.M8FR 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 17.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 69%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	990x

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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