Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.9% 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	119% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210401
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '23 at 21:17
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$136 18,357 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 246 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 586 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$350 301,333 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C974) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 116 Parallax 120 107% 122 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 87.5 86% 108 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$130 14,835 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 434 448 460 462 460 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 431 Mixed 407 SusWrite 449 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 55 184% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 342 257% 345 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 137%
Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 260GB free Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 369 458 508 339 367 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 943 Write 975 Mixed 1,004 SusWrite 456 190% 844 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 65.9 239% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 831 DQ Write 766 DQ Mixed 686 545% 761 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 195%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1G44BB0-CWE 802C0000802C 4ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 17 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	59	144	23.8"	1920 1009	GSM5BB2 LG ULTRAGEAR

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Workstation 124%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $254Bench 98%, 11,207 samples	3,531x
Core i7-10700Intel $254Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,294x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 18,357 samples	949x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $420Bench 129%, 390,908 samples	1,906x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	884x
RTX 3060Nvidia $350Bench 100%, 301,333 samples	754x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 233%, 2,884 samples	713x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	615x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	500x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	532x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	443x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	323x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $153	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	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) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16