Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	162% 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

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220713
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '22 at 02:41
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400-$126 24,459 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 66.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 272 87% 162 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 882 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 917 57% 917 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 730 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 91 Parallax 8.3 6% 35.3 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 1 3% 3.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme BC711 SK hynix 256GB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41002131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 420 426 435 451 435 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 802 Write 701 Mixed 709 SusWrite 434 148% 661 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 57.3 242% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 836 582% 734 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 257%
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 111GB free Firmware: SBFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 100 86 61 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 468 Write 369 Mixed 318 SusWrite 85 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 33.3 137% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 198 174% 261 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 94%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 699GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 82 83 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 85.6 Write 85.2 Mixed 42.6 SusWrite 82.9 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 53%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 931GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 82 83 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 78.9 Write 79.5 Mixed 42.9 SusWrite 82.2 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 15.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 104%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,447x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,825x
Core i5-11400Intel $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,150x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,414x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	990x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	735x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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