Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.1% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

9 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	15.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '23 at 21:35
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 69.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 295 85% 164 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 746 84% 660 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3657) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.17 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 105 Parallax 84.2 78% 94.9 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 63.7 69% 88.5 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KINGSTON OM8PCP31024F-A01 1TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFK52.8 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 98 102 140 111 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 534 Write 200 Mixed 284 SusWrite 112 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 52.2 186% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 542 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 182 187% 314 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 248%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 51GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 134 136 141 138 124 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 171 Write 151 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 130 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 148 159 160 163 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 131 Write 145 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 149 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NMUD480E85-3200E 4x8GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 23 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 82%

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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	67	52	144	27"	1920 1009	DEL41E7 DELL S2721HGF

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Gaming 125%

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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	4,465x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,833x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,154x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,422x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,094x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	994x

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 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16