Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	128% 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	122% 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.

Run History

2 months ago, 9 days ago, 9 days ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210401
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 04:13
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^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-$195 11,207 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 58.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 193 67% 122 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 561 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$300 416,603 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Dell(1028 C976) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 167 Parallax 146 145% 164 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 132 Splatting 115 114% 143 fps
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 424 457 492 331 332 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 634 Write 529 Mixed 512 SusWrite 396 116% 518 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 45 144% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 610 DQ Write 597 DQ Mixed 608 455% 605 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 195%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 34GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 16 34 51 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 14.4 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 40.3 22% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 36% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 109%

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 (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.2% Good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 19.2 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 14.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 101%

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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	58	165	27"	1920 1080	MSI3CA7 MSI G273

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $195Bench 98%, 11,207 samples	3,714x
Core i7-10700Intel $239Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,398x
Core i5-11400Intel $145Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	994x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $300Bench 128%, 416,603 samples	2,008x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	926x
RTX 3060Nvidia $280Bench 101%, 381,434 samples	806x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	744x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	635x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	527x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	551x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	463x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	332x

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Total price: $495

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16