Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '22 at 17:39
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$217 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 66.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 335 96% 186 Pts	4-Core 631 8-Core 982 100% 806 Pts	64-Core 1,230 76% 1,230 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 6232) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 9.8 Parallax 14.7 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 5.6 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 16 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 352 223 83 88 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 398 Write 331 Mixed 306 SusWrite 202 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 23.6 88% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 181 159% 237 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 103%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power DB 1TB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 152GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 105 105 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 79.6 Write 89 Mixed 34.4 SusWrite 104 105% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 43%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 10.8 Mixed 5.5 8% 8.15 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 109%

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

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,451x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,417x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	991x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	830x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	640x

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: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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