Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210904
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '21 at 21:35
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700-$226 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 66.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 296 85% 164 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 801 76% 627 Pts	64-Core 1,070 66% 1,070 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 75.4% 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: 497.09 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 154 Parallax 146 128% 152 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 107% 135 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme BC711 SK hynix 512GB 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41002131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 764 Write 626 Mixed 692 155% 694 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 72.3 240% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 827 DQ Write 690 DQ Mixed 405 400% 641 MB/s
Poor: 112% Great: 333%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 93GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 139 139 139 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 111 Write 78 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 138 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2G43BB3-CWE 2x16GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 19.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 101%

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

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Gaming 125%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $226Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,488x
Core i7-10700Intel $225Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,848x
Core i5-11400Intel $119Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,159x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,438x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,096x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,001x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	838x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	738x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	645x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	658x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	542x
4ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 1,215 samples	398x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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