Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics77.1% 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 Drive113% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8940  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KV3RP
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201112
Uptime10.7 Days
Run DateFeb 09 '21 at 11:25
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700-$233
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
96.1% Outstanding
Memory 91.4
1-Core 153
2-Core 273
96% 172 Pts
4-Core 540
8-Core 965
91% 752 Pts
64-Core 1,627
101% 1,627 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing below potential (70th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.1% Very good
Lighting 98.6
Reflection 96.8
Parallax 88.8
80% 94.7 fps
MRender 97.8
Gravity 89.9
Splatting 76
71% 87.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pm991 NVMe Samsung 512GB
215GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 25306039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 171 177 160 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 1,080
Write 269
Mixed 214
SusWrite 171
94% 434 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 37.5
150% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 466
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 218
182% 273 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 113%
Great: 198%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
501GB free
Firmware: 13057113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 151 155 154 153 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
90% Excellent
Read 161
Write 151
Mixed 91.6
SusWrite 152
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 90%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 80AD000080AD HMA81GU6CJR8N-XN 16GB
3200, 3200 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87% Excellent
MC Read 34
MC Write 33.1
MC Mixed 23.8
87% 30.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 28.8
85% 29.6 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 87%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8940 Builds (Compare 10,192 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 125%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 123%
UFO

System: Dell XPS 8940

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $565
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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