Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.6% 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	165% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0K3CM7
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '23 at 20:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$210 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 68.8 1-Core 158 2-Core 310 94% 179 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1085 101% 840 Pts	64-Core 1,422 88% 1,422 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 106%

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: 536.19 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 87 79% 93 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 87.3 Splatting 75.1 70% 87 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 3,193 User benchmarks, average bench 308% 676GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 510 543 573 575 574 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 788 Write 662 Mixed 710 SusWrite 553 152% 678 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 64.6 210% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 840 DQ Write 705 DQ Mixed 876 628% 807 MB/s
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 421%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 763GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 118 127 125 124 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 106 SusWrite 123 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 2x8GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.2% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 19.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 72%

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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	71	58	60	31.5"	1920 1080	VSCC336 VX3211-4K

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $210Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,457x
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	1,091x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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: $550

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 $40	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