Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	159% 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, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210401
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '22 at 05:21
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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-$210 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 67.4 1-Core 160 2-Core 297 92% 175 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 679 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 896 56% 896 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 C976) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (144 fps cap detected)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 144 Parallax 144 117% 144 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 130 Splatting 114 104% 129 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN730 WDC 1024GB 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 240% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 547 441 474 480 466 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 704 Write 687 Mixed 687 SusWrite 483 144% 640 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 61 213% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 758 DQ Mixed 1,049 717% 879 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 309%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 571GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 148 150 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 64.7 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 146 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GB 886 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 18 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 76%

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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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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $210Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,457x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,419x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,091x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	992x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	832x
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: $550

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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