Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	141% 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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210401
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '22 at 04:23
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^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-$200 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 64.9 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 159 59% 103 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 589 54% 454 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3586 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (140 fps cap detected)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 140 Parallax 141 114% 140 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 139 Splatting 122 108% 134 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% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 544 451 464 454 469 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 693 Write 682 Mixed 689 SusWrite 473 143% 634 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 54.8 179% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 705 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 640 479% 640 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 309%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 571GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 140 150 157 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 184 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 149 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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	55.2% Above average	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.2% 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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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $200Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,473x
Core i7-10700Intel $231Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,839x
Core i5-11400Intel $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,157x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,427x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,094x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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	643x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	656x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	396x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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