Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	104% 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

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 27 days ago, 27 days ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220608
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '24 at 20:51
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (40^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-$211 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 68.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 309 94% 179 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 1203 106% 903 Pts	64-Core 1,358 84% 1,358 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Sapphire(1DA2 E448) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.12.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 138 Parallax 229 94% 161 fps	MRender 213 Gravity 122 Splatting 187 143% 174 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CL1-3D512-Q11 SSSTC 512GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22321116 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 377 243 69 104 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 570 Mixed 590 SusWrite 230 119% 531 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 23.6 138% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 433 DQ Write 472 DQ Mixed 312 274% 406 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 164%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 511GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 168 167 168 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 146 Write 158 Mixed 79 SusWrite 168 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1G44CB0-CWE 80CE000080CE M378A1G44AB0-CWE 80CE000080CE M378A1G44CB0-CWE 80CE000080CE M378A1G44AB0-CWE 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.3% Very good	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.2 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 0P 2R 3G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
22%	15%	52	213	56	60	23.8"	1280 720	HPN36DA HP X24ih

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $211Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,459x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,830x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,421x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,092x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	993x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	833x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	641x

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: $551

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16