Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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	77.9% 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	173% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '21 at 22:13
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$229 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 1,073 98% 824 Pts	64-Core 1,555 96% 1,555 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.4 78% 102 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 96.7 78% 95 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm991a NVMe Samsung 512GB 3,717 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 26302039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1294 373 355 332 353 354 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1298 Write 1,401 Mixed 1155 SusWrite 510 245% 1,091 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 55.6 184% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 792 DQ Write 655 DQ Mixed 744 552% 730 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 244%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 210 214 218 219 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 135 Write 151 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 215 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 914GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 113 114 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 110 Write 78.2 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 114 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%
30 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 95.6 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 93.2 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2G43AB3-CWE 1x16GB 856 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.4% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 11.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 55%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $200Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,476x
Core i7-10700Intel $229Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,840x
Core i5-11400Intel $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,157x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,429x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,095x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	996x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	835x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	644x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	656x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	397x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16