Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '23 at 20:16
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$225 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 60.1 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 164 58% 104 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 565 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 119 Parallax 10.6 7% 46 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 11.7 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB 5,261 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 36309029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 529 521 547 541 545 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 499 Mixed 549 SusWrite 512 124% 552 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 37.2 112% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 498 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 500 374% 496 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 444%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 135 135 137 139 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 172 Write 160 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 132 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF2G64AZ-3G2B1 2x16GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 13.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,469x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,837x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,154x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,425x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,094x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16