Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.3% 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	181% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	48.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220914
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '23 at 23:50
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$231 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 84.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 917 88% 726 Pts	64-Core 1,376 85% 1,376 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92% 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: 528.24 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 96.2 Parallax 87.4 79% 93.6 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 75.9 71% 87.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 259% 659GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1187 871 857 859 951 704 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,912 Write 1,844 Mixed 1,826 SusWrite 905 364% 1,622 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 36.7 141% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 110 91% 133 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 340%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 485GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 221 210 233 224 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 374 Write 412 Mixed 157 SusWrite 204 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 23.2 75% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 33.2 DQ Mixed 40.3 38% 61.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 929GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 157 157 170 151 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 81 SusWrite 156 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 89 83 89 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 87.6 Write 75.9 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 85.7 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-3G2J1 802C0000802C 16ATF2G64AZ-3G2J1 859B0000802C CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FE 859B0000802C CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FE 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.8% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 24.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

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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 $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,467x
Core i7-10700Intel $231Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,836x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,154x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,423x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,094x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	995x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	834x
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	654x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	396x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $565

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16