Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81.9% 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	335% 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 0K3CM7
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211007
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 16:12
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$270 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 83.5 1-Core 175 2-Core 347 107% 202 Pts	4-Core 673 8-Core 1,084 108% 879 Pts	64-Core 1671 103% 1671 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3788 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 102 Parallax 95.1 84% 100 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 80.7 79% 98.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC711 SK hynix 1TB 3,587 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 663GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1749 1404 1420 1416 1681 1773 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2,648 Write 2248 Mixed 1,573 SusWrite 1,574 450% 2,011 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 83.4 277% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,161 DQ Write 962 DQ Mixed 1,015 773% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 370%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 155 155 156 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 116 Write 69.3 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 153 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA2GU6CJR8N-XN 1x16GB 556 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 10.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 58%

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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	4,452x
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	992x

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	641x

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