Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.86% 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	87.5% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20231211
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '24 at 23:22
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 61.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 254 80% 151 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 697 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 15,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.4953 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 9.7 7% 10.7 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 5.8 7% 8.87 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GB 4,729 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 285 310 294 275 280 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 547 Write 180 Mixed 330 SusWrite 293 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 30.8 113% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 413 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 109 130% 232 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 229%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 870GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 164 159 151 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 449 Write 413 Mixed 396 SusWrite 158 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 35.9 119% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 280 209% 278 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 153 150 142 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 162 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 148 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA2GU6CJR8N-XN 2x16GB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 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	51.1% Above average	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 15.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 14.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 105%

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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	22	1	144	31.5"	2560 1369	MSI1462 MSI MAG321CQR

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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 $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,834x
Core i5-11400Intel $130Bench 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 $250Bench 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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16