Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220914
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '23 at 02:06
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 67.9 1-Core 157 2-Core 307 93% 177 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 996 93% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,506 93% 1,506 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C973) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2197 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 125 Parallax 132 111% 131 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 108 Splatting 95.2 92% 115 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GB 4,729 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 35 289 287 47 315 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 644 Write 336 Mixed 522 SusWrite 185 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 48.8 160% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 823 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 373 346% 545 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 229%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 95GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 204 134 142 148 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 418 Write 405 Mixed 332 SusWrite 153 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 43.8 144% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 314 237% 318 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 206 134 119 88 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 421 Write 412 Mixed 346 SusWrite 131 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 44.1 147% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 228 195% 289 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 614GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 167 123 131 170 138 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 169 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 146 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GB 764 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 101%

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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	4,450x
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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	991x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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