Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	82.9% 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	154% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 17:04
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,094 101% 845 Pts	64-Core 1,532 95% 1,532 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 96.4 Parallax 89 87% 97.4 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 79.7 75% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 706GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1861 1033 1000 999 993 1001 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 785 Write 1,009 Mixed 694 SusWrite 1,148 206% 909 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 28.1 118% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 56.9 DQ Write 691 DQ Mixed 837 510% 528 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 284%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 711GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 166 169 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 158 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 166 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 107%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 417GB free Firmware: 0002LIM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 137 138 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 131 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 138 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 77%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 59GB free, PID null, Evo SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 17 Write 24.3 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 28.6 32% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.7 114% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 1x8GB 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 11.7 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 47%

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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 $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,447x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,825x
Core i5-11400Intel $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,150x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,414x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	990x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	735x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	640x

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: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16