Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '21 at 05:10
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$125 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 180 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 597 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 1002 62% 1002 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 136 Parallax 86 78% 106 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 86.7 Splatting 75 69% 86.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme BC511 SK hynix 256GB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 288 Mixed 293 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 15.8 70% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 337 258% 352 MB/s
Poor: 103% Great: 179%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 823GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 60 75 108 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 22.9 Write 43.3 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 77.8 30% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF2G64AZ-3G2E1 1x16GB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.6% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,454x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,418x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	992x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	832x
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: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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