Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.9% 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	117% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '22 at 16:15
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$235 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 (92^nd percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 964 92% 758 Pts	64-Core 1,485 92% 1,485 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 96.9 Parallax 96.7 79% 96.8 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 75 70% 87.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns512g NVMe KIOXIA 512GB 15,775 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 582 263 481 305 290 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 42.8 Write 388 Mixed 287 SusWrite 361 62% 270 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 64.8 212% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,100 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 642 457% 613 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 216%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 746GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 174 177 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 152 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 175 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 276GB free Firmware: 2BA30014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 98 100 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 83 Write 75.5 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 99.8 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 59%
IVR37600 innovera 4GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 0001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.2 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.37% Terrible	Read 10.9 Write 3.2 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 3.1 5% 4.72 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-XN 2x8GB 392 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 23.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 26.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $224Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,494x
Core i7-10700Intel $235Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,854x
Core i5-11400Intel $119Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,165x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,443x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,097x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,005x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	840x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	741x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	646x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	660x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	544x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	398x

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